Where does “overworkedness” come from?

overworkedness (English) comes from English overworked, from English overwork, from Middle English overwerken, from Old English oferwyrċan, from Old English wyrċan, from Proto-West Germanic *wurkijan, from Proto-Germanic *wurkijaną, from Proto-Indo-European wr̥ǵyéti — he, she.

overworkedness (English): The state or characteristic of being overworked

Definitions

  1. The state or characteristic of being overworked

Ancestry of “overworkedness”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishoverworkedSubjected to too much work; Having been overused...
2EnglishoverworkTo make work too hard; To work too hard; To fill...
3Middle Englishoverwerken
4Old Englishoferwyrċanto overwork, overlay
5Old Englishwyrċanto make; to work
6Proto-West Germanic*wurkijanto work
7Proto-Germanic*wurkijaną
8Proto-Indo-Europeanwr̥ǵyétito be working, to be at work
9Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
11Chichewaiyehe, she
Every word from Chichewa iyeEvery word from Proto-Indo-European -yétiEvery word from Proto-Indo-European wr̥ǵyéti