UncertainEtymology-irk-ürkmek-irkilme

Etymonline.com says "irk" has no certain etymology and proposes a couple of different languages and words.

Old Norse yrka "to work" 
Middle High German erken "to disgust" 
Middle English adjective, irk, meaning "weary, tired, bored; (attested from c. 1300)
Celtic, and compares Old Irish arcoat "he injures," erchoat "harm, injury."

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There are 2 Turkish words that are very similar to each other:

1. irk- (verb) meaning to disgust. Nisanyan says irk- means to get bored (ca. 1000 years old).
2. ürk- (verb) meaning to get frightened, to be baffled, to boggle. Nisanyan says "to stampede". (at least 1100 years old).

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