Etymograph

English

threadwork

From thread + work.

A compound of thread + work

Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- ‘rub’

Proto-Indo-European *treh₁-tu-s

Proto-Germanic *þrēduz ‘thread’

Old English þrǣd

Middle English thred

English thread

Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- ‘to make’

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Proto-Germanic *werką

Proto-West Germanic *werk

Old English weorc ‘labor’

Middle English work

English work

Today it means

noun Work made with, or as if with, threads.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “threadwork”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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