Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wrēkō

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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”). Kroonen suggests that the term is a "lengthened-grade formation" from *wrekaną. Perhaps cognate with Latin urgeō (“urge”).

Noun

*wrēkō f[1]

  1. persecution
  2. revenge; vengeance

Inflection

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

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *wrāku
    • Old English: wrǣc, wrǣċ
    • 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: wrāca
    • Old High German: rāhha, rācha

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*wrēkō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 595
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