wraak
Dutch (Brabantic)
/vraːk/
noun
Definitions
- Revenge.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch wrāke, wrake inherited from Old Dutch wrāka inherited from Proto-Germanic *wrēkō (revenge, persecution) derived from Proto-Indo-European *wreg- (drive, track, follow, urge, push, hunt, press, shove, track down).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*wreg-
Gloss
drive, track, follow, urge, push, hunt, press, shove, track down
Concept
Semantic Field
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Ontological Category
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Emoji
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- awrack English
- bladderwrack English
- hornwrack English
- shipwreck English
- tidewrack English
- wrack English
- wrackful English
- Rache German
- Rachemord German
- Rachgier German
- Rachsucht German
- eer Dutch, Flemish
- eerwraak Dutch, Flemish
- porno Dutch, Flemish
- wederwraak Dutch, Flemish
- weerwraak Dutch, Flemish
- wraakporno Dutch, Flemish
- *wreg- Proto-Indo-European
- *gawrekaną Proto-Germanic
- *wrakjô Proto-Germanic
- *wrakō Proto-Germanic
- *wrekaną Proto-Germanic
- *wrēkō Proto-Germanic
- wrake Middle English
- wederwrake Middle Dutch
- wrāke, wrake Middle Dutch
- rāhha Old High German
- rāche Middle High German
- 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍅𐍂𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *wrāku gmw-pro
- wrāka Old Dutch
- Raache Pennsylvania German
- werke Tocharian B