Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wurkijaną

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This Proto-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-Germanic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *wr̥ǵyéti, from *werǵ-, whence also *werką and *wirkijaną.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈwur.ki.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

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*wurkijaną

  1. to work, to do work
  2. to make

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*wurkjan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 600