Type Word Usage Old Germanic (Hypothetical) Meaning & History Germanic word meaning "work, labour" [1][2]. Related ItemsDetails Other Languages & Culturesarbeit(Old Dutch) arbeit(Old High German) Surname DescendantsArbeid, Arbeider(Dutch) Arbeit(German) Sources & References Kroonen, Guus. Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic. Brill, 2013, page 33. Orel, Vladimir. A Handbook of Germanic Etymology. Brill, 2003, page 22.
