Where does “wark” come from?

Wark comes from Middle English werk, from Old English wyrċan, from Proto-Germanic wurkijaną, from Proto-Indo-European werǵ-, from Proto-Indo-European wer-, from Proto-Indo-European wreg-.

wark (English): Pain; ache; To be in pain; ache; A building

Definitions

  1. Pain; ache; To be in pain; ache; A building

Ancestry of “wark”, step by step

wark traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English werk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishwerkwork
2Old Englishweorcwork, in various senses, including
3Proto-West Germanicwerkwork
4Proto-Germanicwerkąwork
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwérǵomwork
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwerǵ-to make

via Old English wærc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishwærcpain; ache; suffering; anguish; grief
2Proto-Germanicwarkizpain

Words derived from “wark”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European werǵ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wérǵom →Every word from Proto-Germanic werką →