Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wurkijan

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 *wurkijaną.

Verb

*wurkijan[1]

  1. to work
  2. to make

Inflection

Class 1 weak j-present
Infinitive *wurkijan
1st sg. past *worhtā
Infinitive *wurkijan
Genitive infin. *wurkijannjas
Dative infin. *wurkijannjē
Instrum. infin. *wurkijannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *wurkiju *worhtā
2nd singular *wurkisi *worhtēs, *worhtōs
3rd singular *wurkiþi *worhtē, *worhtā
1st plural *wurkijum *worhtum
2nd plural *wurkiþ *worhtud
3rd plural *wurkijanþ *worhtun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *wurkijē *worhtī
2nd singular *wurkijēs *worhtī
3rd singular *wurkijē *worhtī
1st plural *wurkijēm *worhtīm
2nd plural *wurkijēþ *worhtīd
3rd plural *wurkijēn *worhtīn
Imperative Present
Singular *wurki
Plural *wurkiþ
Present Past
Participle *wurkijandī *worht

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old English: wyrċan
    • Middle English: werken, worken, worchen
  • Old Frisian: werka
  • Old Saxon: workian, wurkian
  • Old High German: wurken
    • Middle High German: werken, würken

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 157: “PWGmc *wurkijan”
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