Words that come from Proto-West Germanic “furkō”

59 words across 24 languages descend from Proto-West Germanic furkō — including fork, pitchfork, forklift, forkful, forkhead, forky, hayfork, prefork.

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English (25)

Dutch (5)

Japanese (3)

Middle English (3)

Ido (2)

Tok Pisin (2)

Old English (2)

Middle Dutch (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Esperanto (1)

Fiji Hindi (1)

Korean (1)

Old Frisian (1)

West Frisian (1)

Welsh (1)

Chuukese (1)

Zulu (1)

Kumak (1)

Saterland Frisian (1)

German (1)

Old Saxon (1)

West Uvean (1)

Swazi (1)

Middle Low German (1)