Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wrakjô

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 *wrekaną (“to pursue”) +‎ *-jô.[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwrɑk.jɔːː/

Noun

*wrakjô m

an exile, one who is persecuted or displaced, fugitive
a warrior

Inflection

Declension of *wrakjô (an-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*wrakjô	*wrakjaniz
Vocative	*wrakjô	*wrakjaniz
Accusative	*wrakjanų	*wrakjanunz
Genitive	*wrakiniz	*wrakjanǫ̂
Dative	*wrakini	*wrakjammaz
Instrumental	*wrakinē	*wrakjammiz

Related terms

*wrakjō

Descendants

Old English: wræċċa, wreċċa
- Middle English: wrecche
  - Scots: wratch, wrech
  - English: wretch
Old Saxon: wrekkio
Frankish: *wrakkijō
- Old Dutch: *rekko
  - Middle Dutch: recke
- → Medieval Latin: garciō, gartiō, gargiō, garsō, garzō (see there for further descendants)
Old High German: *wreccheo, wreccho, hrechjo, reccho, wrecko, recko
- Middle High German: reche, recke
  - Middle Low German: recke
  - German: Recke

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 594

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[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 594