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Where does “yrkja” come from?

yrkja (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic wurkijaną, from Proto-Indo-European werǵ- — to make.

yrkja (Old Norse): to work

Definitions

  1. to work

Ancestry of “yrkja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicwurkijanąto work, to do work; to make
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwerǵ-to make

Words derived from “yrkja”

  • irk
  • irketh
  • irky
  • yrka
  • irken
  • örk
  • yrkia
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