Where does “flutework” come from?

flutework (English) comes from English work, from Middle English werk, from Old English weorc, from Proto-West Germanic werk, from Proto-Germanic werką, from Proto-Indo-European wérǵom, from Proto-Indo-European werǵ- — to make.

flutework (English): ornamentation; groovework

Definitions

  1. ornamentation; groovework

Ancestry of “flutework”, step by step

flutework traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English work

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishwork"Employment."; "Effort."; Sustained effort to...
2Middle Englishwerkwork
3Old Englishweorcwork, in various senses, including
4Proto-West Germanicwerkwork
5Proto-Germanicwerkąwork
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwérǵomwork
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwerǵ-to make

via English flute

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfluteA woodwind instrument consisting of a tube with a...
2Middle EnglishfleuteAlternative form of floute
3Old Frenchflaüte—
4Old Occitanflaütflute musical instrument
5Vulgar Latin*flabeolum—
6Latinflarepresent active infinitive of flō; second-person...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European werǵ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wérǵom →Every word from Proto-Germanic werką →
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