*warkiz

Runic: ᚹᚨᚱᚲᛁᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈwɑr.kiz/

noun · masculine · i-stem

Meanings

pain

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *werg- (‘to suffer’); likely cognate with Proto-Balto-Slavic *wargás (‘foe, enemy’), Lithuanian var̃gti (‘to live in poverty, suffer hardship’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.warkizwarkīz
Acc.warkįwarkinz
Gen.warkīzwarkijǫ̂
Dat.warkīwarkimaz
Inst.warkīwarkimiz
Voc.warkiwarkīz

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Descendants

  • *warki (Proto-West Germanic)
    • werk (Old Saxon)
  • *warki (Proto-West Germanic)
    • wærċ, werċ, weorċ, wræċ, wierċ, wyrċ (Old English)
      • warch, werk, wark (Middle English)
        • wark (English)
        • wark, wrak (Scots)
  • verkr (Old Norse)
    • værk (Danish)
    • verkur (Faroese)
    • verkur (Icelandic)
    • verk (Norwegian)
  • verkr (Old Norse)
    • værker (Old Swedish)
      • värk (Swedish)

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