Where does “vork” come from?

vork (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch vorke, from Old Dutch furka, from Proto-West Germanic furkō, from Latin furca — A two-pronged fork, pitchfork; A fork-shaped...

vork (Dutch): fork; intersection, split; fork of a two-wheeled...

Definitions

  1. fork; intersection, split; fork of a two-wheeled...

Ancestry of “vork”, step by step

vork traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Dutch vorke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchvorkefork (pronged tool, sometimes for eating)
2Old Dutchfurka—
3Proto-West Germanicfurkōfork
4LatinfurcaA two-pronged fork, pitchfork; A fork-shaped...

via Middle English forke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishforkeA fork or graip; A fork-shaped fire iron; A...
2Old Englishforce(found in compounds)

Words derived from “vork”

Every word from Latin furca →