Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wrāku

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wrēkō.

Noun

*wrāku f

Alternative form of *wraku

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*wrāku
Genitive	*wrākā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*wrāku	*wrākō
Accusative	*wrākā	*wrākā
Genitive	*wrākā	*wrākō
Dative	*wrākē	*wrākōm
Instrumental	*wrāku	*wrākōm

Descendants

Old English: wrǣc, wrǣċ
- Middle English: wrake, wreke, wræche, wrache, wreche
  - Scots: wrak, wraik, wrek
  - English: wrack, wreak
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
- Middle Dutch: wrâke
  - Dutch: wraak
Old High German: rāhha, rācha
- Middle High German: rāche
  - German: Rache
    - → Luxembourgish: Rach
    - → Saterland Frisian: Rache

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