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- Old English · inherited from-weorc
- Middle English · inherited from-work
- English today-work
From Middle English -work, -werk, from Old English -weorc, -ġeweorc, equivalent to English work. Compare also Saterland Frisian -werk, Dutch -werk, German -werk, Norwegian -verk.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.