From Middle English *warkande, *warchende, present participle of warken, werken, warchen, from Old English wærcan ("to be in pain"), from wærc, wræc, from Proto-Germanic *warkiz ("pain"), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- ("to work, make"), equivalent to wark + -and.
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