Words that come from Proto-Germanic wirkijaną

400 words across 22 languages descend from Proto-Germanic wirkijaną — including working, wrought, overworked, hardworking, overwork, overwrought, workingman, woodworking.

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Finnish (150)

English (59)

Dutch (56)

German (53)

Norwegian Bokmål (17)

Old English (14)

Danish (12)

Swedish (7)

Middle English (7)

Icelandic (5)

Old Dutch (3)

Afrikaans (3)

Middle High German (3)

Middle Dutch (2)

Proto-West Germanic (2)

Luxembourgish (1)

Spanish (1)

Old Saxon (1)

Old Norse (1)

Old High German (1)

Indonesian (1)

Sundanese (1)