Old High German

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Etymology

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Related to *renken (to twist), itself from Proto-West Germanic *wrankijan.[1]

Noun

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hranca f

  1. A tendril (of vine).

Descendants

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  • Middle High German: ranke

References

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  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Ranke”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891