Awkward began as a directional formation from awk and -ward. It came to describe movement lacking ease, and later a person feeling uncomfortable in company. A physical misalignment became a social one.
The earlier adjective awk and its Norse background are not separate scored slots. The selected English senses arose at different times and later coexisted.
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Etymonline: awkwardThe entry documents the directional adverb, later clumsy-movement adjective and later embarrassed-person sense.