Where does “wirken” come from?

wirken (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic wirkijan, from Proto-Germanic wirkijaną, from Proto-Indo-European werǵ- — to make.

wirken (Old High German): to manufacture by sowing, stitching or weaving

Definitions

  1. to manufacture by sowing, stitching or weaving

Ancestry of “wirken”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicwirkijanto work; to make
2Proto-Germanicwirkijanąto make, produce; to effect, make happen
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwerǵ-to make

Words derived from “wirken”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European werǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wirkijaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic wirkijan →