irk

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*werǵ-“to work”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*wurkijaną“to work”
3. Old Norse · derived fromyrkja“to work”
4. Middle English · inherited fromirken“to tire, grow weary”
5. English todayirk

Inherited from Middle English irken (“to tire, grow weary”), from Old Norse yrkja (“to work”), from Proto-Germanic *wurkijaną (“to work”), from Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- (“to work”). Cognate with Icelandic yrkja (“to compose”), Swedish yrka (“to urge, argue”), Old English wyrċan (“to work”). Doublet of work.

Words from the same roots