English

-work

Denoting a craft involving a particular material, tool, or practitioner

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    Origin

    From Middle English -work, -werk, from Old English -weorc, -ġeweorc, equivalent to English work. Compare also Saterland Frisian -werk, Dutch -werk, German -werk, Norwegian -verk.

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    • inheritedMiddle English-work
      • inheritedOld Englishweorc
        • inheritedProto-West Germanic*werk
          • inheritedProto-Germanic*werką “work”

    Related: English work, Saterland Frisian -werk, Dutch -werk, German -werk, Norwegian -verk

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