Where does “wirkian” come from?

wirkian (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-West Germanic wirkijan, from Proto-Germanic wirkijaną, from Proto-Indo-European werǵ- — to make.

wirkian (Old Saxon): to work

Definitions

  1. to work

Ancestry of “wirkian”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicwirkijanto work; to make
2Proto-Germanicwirkijanąto make, produce; to effect, make happen
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwerǵ-to make
Every word from Proto-Indo-European werǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wirkijaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic wirkijan →