Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wrakjô

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

Etymology

From *wrekaną (“to pursue”) +‎ *-jô.[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwrɑk.jɔːː/

Noun

*wrakjô m

an exile, one who is persecuted or displaced, fugitive
a warrior

Inflection

Declension of *wrakjô (an-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*wrakjô	*wrakjaniz
Vocative	*wrakjô	*wrakjaniz
Accusative	*wrakjanų	*wrakjanunz
Genitive	*wrakiniz	*wrakjanǫ̂
Dative	*wrakini	*wrakjammaz
Instrumental	*wrakinē	*wrakjammiz

Related terms

*wrakjō

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *wrakkjō
- Old English: wræċċa, wreċċa
  - Middle English: wrecche
    - English: wretch
    - Scots: wratch, wretch, werch, warch
- Old Saxon: wrekkio
- Old Dutch: *recko
  - Middle Dutch: recke
- Old High German: *wreccheo, wreccho, hrechjo, reccho, wrecko, recko
  - Middle High German: reche, recke
    - → Middle Low German: recke
    - German: Recke
- → Medieval Latin: garciō (see there for further descendants)

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 594

[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 594