Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wrēkiz

This Proto-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-Germanic edit

Etymology edit

Vṛddhi gerundive of *wrekaną (to pursue, drive out).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

*wrēkiz

  1. driven out, persecuted, expelled
  2. reprehensible, actionable

Inflection edit


Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Old Frisian: *wrēze, inwrēze
  • Old Norse: rækr

References edit

  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN