wrekan
Old Saxon
verb
Definitions
- to wreak
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *wrekaną (drive out, push, pursue).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*wrekaną
Gloss
drive out, push, pursue
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- awreck English
- bewreck English
- unwreck English
- wreck English
- wreckable English
- wreckage English
- wrecker English
- wreckest English
- wrecketh English
- wreckfish English
- wreckful English
- wreckish English
- wreckless English
- wreckmaster English
- wrecksite English
- wrecksome English
- wrecky English
- *wreg- Proto-Indo-European
- *wrekaną Proto-Germanic
- wrecan Old English
- wrek Middle English
- *wrek Old Norse
- vreka Old Norse
- reka Icelandic
- wrac Middle Dutch
- reka Faroese
- 𐍅𐍂𐌰𐌺𐌾𐌰 Gothic
- 𐍅𐍂𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *wrekan gmw-pro
- *wrekan Old Dutch
- vræka Old Swedish
- bräka Westrobothnian
- räka Westrobothnian