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Where does “verk” come from?

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

Ancestry of “verk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseverk—
2Proto-Germanicwerkąwork
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwérǵomwork
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwerǵ-to make

Words derived from “verk”

  • -verk
Every word from Proto-Indo-European werǵ- →