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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wraku

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wrakō.

Noun

*wraku f[1]

  1. (Anglo-Frisian Germanic) revenge
  2. (Anglo-Frisian Germanic) persecution

Inflection
ō-stem
Singular
Nominative *wraku
Genitive *wrakā
Singular Plural
Nominative *wraku *wrakō
Accusative *wrakā *wrakā
Genitive *wrakā *wrakō
Dative *wrakē *wrakōm, *wrakum
Instrumental *wraku *wrakōm, *wrakum

Alternative forms

Descendants
  • Old English: wracu
    • Middle English: wrake

References
  1. Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 195: “PWGmc *wraku”
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