Etymology

awkly

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Today it means: In an unlucky or perverse manner. Full definition →

English awk ← Middle English awke ← Old Norse ǫfugr
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂epó
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ekʷ-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₂époh₃kʷos
  5. Proto-Germanic*abuhaz
  6. Old Norseǫfugr
  7. Middle Englishawke
  8. Englishawk
  9. English todayawkly

From awk + -ly.

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