Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wrēkō

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wreg- (“to drive”). Cognate with Latin urgeō (“urge”).

Noun

*wrēkō f

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *wrēkō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*wrēkō	*wrēkôz
vocative	*wrēkō	*wrēkôz
accusative	*wrēkǭ	*wrēkōz
genitive	*wrēkōz	*wrēkǫ̂
dative	*wrēkōi	*wrēkōmaz
instrumental	*wrēkō	*wrēkōmiz

Related terms

*wrakjaną
*wrekaną
*wrēkį̄
*wrēkiz

Descendants

Old English: wrǣc, wrǣċ
- Middle English: wrake, wreke, wræche, wrache, wreche
  - Scots: wrak, wraik, wrek
  - English: wrack, wreak
Old Frisian: wrēke, wrēze, wrētze
- West Frisian: wrake, wraak (possibly borrowed from Dutch)
Old Saxon: wrāka
- Middle Low German: wrāke
  - Low German: Wraak
Old Dutch: wrāka, wrāca
- Middle Dutch: wrāke, wraeck
  - Dutch: wraak
Old High German: rāhha, rācha
- Middle High German: rāche
  - German: Rache
    - → Luxembourgish: Rach
    - → Saterland Frisian: Rache

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