Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/warki

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *warkiz.

Noun

*warki m

  1. pain

Inflection

i-stem
Singular
Nominative *warki
Genitive *warkī
Singular Plural
Nominative *warki *warkī
Accusative *warki *warkī
Genitive *warkī *warkijō
Dative *warkī *warkim, *warkijum
Instrumental *warkī *warkim, *warkijum

Descendants

  • Old English: wærc, werc, weorc, wræc, wærċ
  • Old Saxon: werk n (pain) (conflated with descendant of Proto-West Germanic *werk)