werke

See also: Werke

English

Noun

werke (plural werkes)

1. Obsolete form of work.

Anagrams

• Kwere, krewe

Afrikaans

Noun

werke

1. plural of werk

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Verb

werke

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of werken

Anagrams

• weker

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

werke

1. (chiefly Late Middle English) alternative form of werk

Etymology 2

Verb

werke

1. alternative form of worchen

Tocharian B

Etymology

Uncertain. Adams suggests that the term likely reflects Proto-Indo-European *worKo-, itself probably formed from the zero-grade of the root Proto-Indo-European *wreg- (“track, hunt, follow”), whence also perhaps Latin urgēre (“to be urgent”), Hittite [script needed] (ūrki-, “track”), Sanskrit व्रजति (vrájati, “to go, walk, move”). Alternatively, the term has been suggested to derive from a root *werǵ- or *werḱ- (“desire”). According to the latter theory, the term could follow a similar semantic development as Latin vēnor.

Noun

werke ?

1. hunt, hunting
2. chase

References

• Adams, Douglas Q. (2013), “werke”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 664