Words that come from Proto-Germanic wurkijaną

123 words across 16 languages descend from Proto-Germanic wurkijaną — including working, wrought, playwright, hardworking, workingman, woodworking, metalworking, wheelwright.

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English (63)

Middle English (18)

Old English (9)

Finnish (8)

Proto-Germanic (4)

Swedish (3)

Icelandic (3)

Gothic (3)

Old Swedish (2)

Westrobothnian (2)

Old Norse (2)

Proto-West Germanic (2)

Proto-Finnic (1)

Estonian (1)

Spanish (1)

Old Saxon (1)