See werką on Wiktionary
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{
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"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gmw-pro",
"2": "*werk"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic: *werk\nOld English: weorc, worc\nMiddle English: werk, work\nScots: wark\nEnglish: work\nOld Frisian: werk, wirk\nSaterland Frisian: Wierk\nWest Frisian: wurk\nOld Saxon: werk\nMiddle Low German: wark, werk\nLow German: wark, werk\nOld Dutch: werc\nMiddle Dutch: werk, wark\nDutch: werk\nAfrikaans: werk\nOld High German: werc, werh, werah\nMiddle High German: wërc\nGerman: Werk\nLuxembourgish: Wierk",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Proto-West Germanic: *werk\nOld English: weorc, worc\nMiddle English: werk, work\nScots: wark\nEnglish: work\nOld Frisian: werk, wirk\nSaterland Frisian: Wierk\nWest Frisian: wurk\nOld Saxon: werk\nMiddle Low German: wark, werk\nLow German: wark, werk\nOld Dutch: werc\nMiddle Dutch: werk, wark\nDutch: werk\nAfrikaans: werk\nOld High German: werc, werh, werah\nMiddle High German: wërc\nGerman: Werk\nLuxembourgish: Wierk"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "verk"
},
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"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Old Norse: verk\nIcelandic: verk\nFaroese: verk\nNorwegian Bokmål: verk\nNorwegian Nynorsk: verk\nOld Swedish: værk\nSwedish: verk\nOld Danish: værk\nDanish: værk\nOld Gutnish: werk"
}
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"2": "inh",
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"id": "work"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "etymon"
},
{
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"2": "ine-pro",
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"2": "ine-pro",
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"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*werǵ-",
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},
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"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "ἔργον"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek ἔργον (érgon)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom (“work”), from Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- (“to make, work”) (whence *wurkijaną). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἔργον (érgon).",
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"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "gem-decl-noun",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "a-stem",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "werką",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "werkō",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "werką",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "werkō",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "werką",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "werkō",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "werkas",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "wirkis",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "werkǫ̂",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "werkai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "werkamaz",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "werkō",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "werkamiz",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"name": "gem-decl-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Proto-Germanic",
"lang_code": "gem-pro",
"original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/werką",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"derived": [
{
"word": "dagawerką"
},
{
"word": "handuwerką"
},
{
"word": "werkadagaz"
},
{
"word": "werkōną"
},
{
"word": "wirkijaną"
}
],
"glosses": [
"work"
],
"id": "en-werką-gem-pro-noun-AOE-169V",
"links": [
[
"work",
"work"
]
],
"related": [
{
"word": "wurkijaną"
}
],
"tags": [
"neuter",
"reconstruction"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈwer.kɑ̃/"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Brill Publishers"
],
"word": "werką"
}
{
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gmw-pro",
"2": "*werk"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic: *werk",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-West Germanic: *werk"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ofs",
"2": "*werk",
"3": "*wirk"
},
"expansion": "Old Frisian: *werk, *wirk",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old Frisian: *werk, *wirk"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "stq",
"2": "Wäierk",
"3": "Wíerk"
},
"expansion": "Saterland Frisian: Wäierk, Wíerk",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Saterland Frisian: Wäierk, Wíerk"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fy",
"2": "wurk"
},
"expansion": "West Frisian: wurk",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "West Frisian: wurk"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "osx",
"2": "*werk"
},
"expansion": "Old Saxon: *werk",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old Saxon: *werk"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gml",
"2": "werk",
"3": "wark"
},
"expansion": "Middle Low German: werk, wark",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Middle Low German: werk, wark"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "værk",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Danish: værk",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Danish: værk"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "no",
"2": "verk",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Norwegian: verk",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "archaic"
},
"expansion": "(archaic)",
"name": "q"
}
],
"text": "→ Norwegian: verk (archaic)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "odt",
"2": "*werk"
},
"expansion": "Old Dutch: *werk",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old Dutch: *werk"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "dum",
"2": "werc"
},
"expansion": "Middle Dutch: werc",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Middle Dutch: werc"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "werk"
},
"expansion": "Dutch: werk",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Dutch: werk"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "warq",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ French: warq",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "dialectal"
},
"expansion": "(dialectal)",
"name": "gl"
}
],
"text": "→ French: warq (dialectal)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "werh",
"3": "werah",
"4": "werc",
"5": "werk"
},
"expansion": "Old High German: werh, werah, werc, werk",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old High German: werh, werah, werc, werk"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gmh",
"2": "werc",
"3": "werch",
"4": "werich"
},
"expansion": "Middle High German: werc, werch, werich",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Middle High German: werc, werch, werich"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Werg"
},
"expansion": "German: Werg",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "German: Werg"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "urj-fin-pro",
"2": "*vërka",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Proto-Finnic: *vërka",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Proto-Finnic: *vërka (see there for further descendants)"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro"
},
"expansion": "Uncertain",
"name": "unc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "",
"4": "*werǵʰ-nó-"
},
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"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "",
"4": "*wer(k/ḱ)-nó-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *wer(k/ḱ)-nó-",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "cy",
"2": "cywarch",
"t": "hemp, rope"
},
"expansion": "Welsh cywarch (“hemp, rope”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *werǵʰ-nó- (> pre-Germanic *werkka-), from *werǵʰ- (“to bind, squeeze”), whence also *wurgijaną (“to strangle”). Alternatively, from Proto-Indo-European *wer(k/ḱ)-nó-, from a root *wer(k/ḱ), and cognate with Welsh cywarch (“hemp, rope”).",
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{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "gem-decl-noun",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "a-stem",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "werką",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "werkō",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "werką",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "werkō",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "werką",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "werkō",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "werkas",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "wirkis",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "werkǫ̂",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "werkai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "werkamaz",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "werkō",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "werkamiz",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"name": "gem-decl-noun"
}
],
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"lang_code": "gem-pro",
"original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/werką",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "3 97",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "3 97",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "2 98",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"rope or cord, especially one made of hemp"
],
"id": "en-werką-gem-pro-noun-SSRF5qqF",
"links": [
[
"rope",
"rope"
],
[
"cord",
"cord"
],
[
"hemp",
"hemp"
]
],
"related": [
{
"tags": [
"possibly"
],
"word": "werganą"
},
{
"tags": [
"possibly"
],
"word": "wurgijaną"
},
{
"word": "wurkiją"
},
{
"sense": "Old Saxon: *wirki; Middle Low German",
"word": "werke"
},
{
"sense": "Old Dutch: *wirki",
"tags": [
"Dutch",
"Middle"
],
"word": "wercke"
},
{
"sense": "Middle High German: *āwirche",
"word": "Äwerg"
}
],
"tags": [
"neuter",
"reconstruction"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈwer.kɑ̃/"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Brill Publishers"
],
"word": "werką"
}
{
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"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Proto-Germanic a-stem nouns",
"Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
"Proto-Germanic lemmas",
"Proto-Germanic neuter nouns",
"Proto-Germanic nouns",
"Proto-Germanic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Proto-Germanic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *werǵ-",
"Proto-Germanic terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
"Proto-Germanic terms with unknown etymologies"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "dagawerką"
},
{
"word": "handuwerką"
},
{
"word": "werkadagaz"
},
{
"word": "werkōną"
},
{
"word": "wirkijaną"
}
],
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{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gmw-pro",
"2": "*werk"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic: *werk\nOld English: weorc, worc\nMiddle English: werk, work\nScots: wark\nEnglish: work\nOld Frisian: werk, wirk\nSaterland Frisian: Wierk\nWest Frisian: wurk\nOld Saxon: werk\nMiddle Low German: wark, werk\nLow German: wark, werk\nOld Dutch: werc\nMiddle Dutch: werk, wark\nDutch: werk\nAfrikaans: werk\nOld High German: werc, werh, werah\nMiddle High German: wërc\nGerman: Werk\nLuxembourgish: Wierk",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Proto-West Germanic: *werk\nOld English: weorc, worc\nMiddle English: werk, work\nScots: wark\nEnglish: work\nOld Frisian: werk, wirk\nSaterland Frisian: Wierk\nWest Frisian: wurk\nOld Saxon: werk\nMiddle Low German: wark, werk\nLow German: wark, werk\nOld Dutch: werc\nMiddle Dutch: werk, wark\nDutch: werk\nAfrikaans: werk\nOld High German: werc, werh, werah\nMiddle High German: wërc\nGerman: Werk\nLuxembourgish: Wierk"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "verk"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse: verk\nIcelandic: verk\nFaroese: verk\nNorwegian Bokmål: verk\nNorwegian Nynorsk: verk\nOld Swedish: værk\nSwedish: verk\nOld Danish: værk\nDanish: værk\nOld Gutnish: werk",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Old Norse: verk\nIcelandic: verk\nFaroese: verk\nNorwegian Bokmål: verk\nNorwegian Nynorsk: verk\nOld Swedish: værk\nSwedish: verk\nOld Danish: værk\nDanish: værk\nOld Gutnish: werk"
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "inh",
"3": "ine-pro>*wérǵom>work",
"id": "work"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "etymon"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*werǵ-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
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{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*wérǵom",
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "ine-pro",
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"t": "to make, work"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- (“to make, work”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "ἔργον"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek ἔργον (érgon)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
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{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "gem-decl-noun",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
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]
},
{
"form": "a-stem",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "werką",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "werkō",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "werkō",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "werką",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "werkō",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "werkas",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "wirkis",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "werkǫ̂",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "werkai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "werkamaz",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "werkō",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "werkamiz",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"name": "gem-decl-noun"
}
],
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"lang_code": "gem-pro",
"original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/werką",
"pos": "noun",
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"word": "wurkijaną"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"work"
],
"links": [
[
"work",
"work"
]
],
"tags": [
"neuter",
"reconstruction"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈwer.kɑ̃/"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Brill Publishers"
],
"word": "werką"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Proto-Germanic a-stem nouns",
"Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
"Proto-Germanic lemmas",
"Proto-Germanic neuter nouns",
"Proto-Germanic nouns",
"Proto-Germanic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Proto-Germanic terms with unknown etymologies"
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gmw-pro",
"2": "*werk"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic: *werk",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-West Germanic: *werk"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ofs",
"2": "*werk",
"3": "*wirk"
},
"expansion": "Old Frisian: *werk, *wirk",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old Frisian: *werk, *wirk"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "stq",
"2": "Wäierk",
"3": "Wíerk"
},
"expansion": "Saterland Frisian: Wäierk, Wíerk",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Saterland Frisian: Wäierk, Wíerk"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fy",
"2": "wurk"
},
"expansion": "West Frisian: wurk",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "West Frisian: wurk"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "osx",
"2": "*werk"
},
"expansion": "Old Saxon: *werk",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old Saxon: *werk"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gml",
"2": "werk",
"3": "wark"
},
"expansion": "Middle Low German: werk, wark",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Middle Low German: werk, wark"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "værk",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Danish: værk",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Danish: værk"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "no",
"2": "verk",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Norwegian: verk",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "archaic"
},
"expansion": "(archaic)",
"name": "q"
}
],
"text": "→ Norwegian: verk (archaic)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "odt",
"2": "*werk"
},
"expansion": "Old Dutch: *werk",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old Dutch: *werk"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "dum",
"2": "werc"
},
"expansion": "Middle Dutch: werc",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Middle Dutch: werc"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "werk"
},
"expansion": "Dutch: werk",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Dutch: werk"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "warq",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ French: warq",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "dialectal"
},
"expansion": "(dialectal)",
"name": "gl"
}
],
"text": "→ French: warq (dialectal)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "werh",
"3": "werah",
"4": "werc",
"5": "werk"
},
"expansion": "Old High German: werh, werah, werc, werk",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old High German: werh, werah, werc, werk"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gmh",
"2": "werc",
"3": "werch",
"4": "werich"
},
"expansion": "Middle High German: werc, werch, werich",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Middle High German: werc, werch, werich"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Werg"
},
"expansion": "German: Werg",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "German: Werg"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "urj-fin-pro",
"2": "*vërka",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Proto-Finnic: *vërka",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Proto-Finnic: *vërka (see there for further descendants)"
}
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro"
},
"expansion": "Uncertain",
"name": "unc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "",
"4": "*werǵʰ-nó-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *werǵʰ-nó-",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "",
"4": "*wer(k/ḱ)-nó-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *wer(k/ḱ)-nó-",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "cy",
"2": "cywarch",
"t": "hemp, rope"
},
"expansion": "Welsh cywarch (“hemp, rope”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *werǵʰ-nó- (> pre-Germanic *werkka-), from *werǵʰ- (“to bind, squeeze”), whence also *wurgijaną (“to strangle”). Alternatively, from Proto-Indo-European *wer(k/ḱ)-nó-, from a root *wer(k/ḱ), and cognate with Welsh cywarch (“hemp, rope”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "gem-decl-noun",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "a-stem",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "werką",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "werkō",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "werką",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "werkō",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "werką",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "werkō",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "werkas",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "wirkis",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "werkǫ̂",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "werkai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "werkamaz",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "werkō",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "werkamiz",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"name": "gem-decl-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Proto-Germanic",
"lang_code": "gem-pro",
"original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/werką",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"tags": [
"possibly"
],
"word": "werganą"
},
{
"sense": "Old Saxon: *wirki; Middle Low German",
"word": "werke"
},
{
"sense": "Old Dutch: *wirki",
"tags": [
"Dutch",
"Middle"
],
"word": "wercke"
},
{
"sense": "Middle High German: *āwirche",
"word": "Äwerg"
},
{
"tags": [
"possibly"
],
"word": "wurgijaną"
},
{
"word": "wurkiją"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"rope or cord, especially one made of hemp"
],
"links": [
[
"rope",
"rope"
],
[
"cord",
"cord"
],
[
"hemp",
"hemp"
]
],
"tags": [
"neuter",
"reconstruction"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈwer.kɑ̃/"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Brill Publishers"
],
"word": "werką"
}
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