Where does “tauverk” come from?

tauverk (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål verk, from Old Norse verk, from Proto-Germanic werką, from Proto-Indo-European wérǵom, from Proto-Indo-European werǵ- — to make.

tauverk (Norwegian Bokmål): ropes

Definitions

  1. ropes

Ancestry of “tauverk”, step by step

tauverk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål verk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålverkpain, ache; pus; oeuvre
2Old Norseverkwork, deed
3Proto-Germanicwerkąwork
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwérǵomwork
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwerǵ-to make

via Norwegian Bokmål tau

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmåltaua rope; tau lepton; tau
2Ancient Greekταῦtau, the name for the twentieth letter Τ, τ of...
3Phoenician𐤕taw
4Egyptian𓏴—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European werǵ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wérǵom →Every word from Proto-Germanic werką →