wrak
Dutch (Brabantic)
/vrษk/
noun
Definitions
- A wreck remains of a vehicle, vessel, aircraft or other piece of machinery.
- A wreck severely damaged creature.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch wrac (wreck, defective) derived from Proto-Germanic *wrekanฤ (drive out, push, pursue).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*wrekanฤ
Gloss
drive out, push, pursue
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
๐ ๐
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Wrack German
- scheepswrak Dutch, Flemish
- schip Dutch, Flemish
- vrac French
- vraquier French
- *wreg- Proto-Indo-European
- *wrekanฤ Proto-Germanic
- wrecan Old English
- *wrek Old Norse
- vreka Old Norse
- wrac Middle Dutch
- wrak Afrikaans
- ๐ ๐๐ฐ๐บ๐พ๐ฐ Gothic
- ๐ ๐๐น๐บ๐ฐ๐ฝ Gothic
- *wrekan gmw-pro
- *wrekan Old Dutch
- wrak Middle Low German
- wrekan Old Saxon