*akrawerką

Runic: ᚨᚲᚱᚨᚹᛖᚱᚲᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈɑk.rɑ.ˌwer.kɑ̃/

noun · neuter · a-stem

Meanings

fieldwork

Etymology

A determinative compound of *akraz + *werką, literally ‘field-work’ and hence ‘work performed in the fields’. Carr (1939: 71) considers the reflexes to likely be independent, secondary developments.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.akrawerkąakrawerkō
Acc.akrawerkąakrawerkō
Gen.akrawerkas, akrawirkisakrawerkǫ̂
Dat.akrawerkaiakrawerkamaz
Inst.akrawerkōakrawerkamiz
Voc.akrawerkąakrawerkō

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Descendants

  • æcerweorc (Old English)
  • *akkarwerk (Old Saxon)
    • ackerwerk (Middle Low German)
  • *ackarwerk (Old High German)
    • ackerwerc (Middle High German)
      • Ackerwerk (German)
  • akrverk (Old Norse)
    • akurverk (Icelandic)

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