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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wrangaz
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *wringaną (“to wring, twist”), from Proto-Indo-European *wrenǵʰ- (“to twist, wry, constrict, choke, thring”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to twist, bend”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwrɑŋ.ɡɑz/
Adjective
*wrangaz
- twisted, warped, bent, crooked, wry
- wretched, wicked, unjust
Inflection
Declension of *wrangaz (a-stem)
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *wrangaz | *wrangai | *wrangō | *wrangôz | *wrangą, -atō | *wrangō |
| Accusative | *wranganǭ | *wranganz | *wrangǭ | *wrangōz | *wrangą, -atō | *wrangō |
| Genitive | *wrangas, -is | *wrangaizǫ̂ | *wrangaizōz | *wrangaizǫ̂ | *wrangas, -is | *wrangaizǫ̂ |
| Dative | *wrangammai | *wrangaimaz | *wrangaizōi | *wrangaimaz | *wrangammai | *wrangaimaz |
| Instrumental | *wranganō | *wrangaimiz | *wrangaizō | *wrangaimiz | *wranganō | *wrangaimiz |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *wrangô | *wranganiz | *wrangǭ | *wrangōniz | *wrangô | *wrangōnō |
| Accusative | *wranganų | *wranganunz | *wrangōnų | *wrangōnunz | *wrangô | *wrangōnō |
| Genitive | *wranginiz | *wranganǫ̂ | *wrangōniz | *wrangōnǫ̂ | *wranginiz | *wranganǫ̂ |
| Dative | *wrangini | *wrangammaz | *wrangōni | *wrangōmaz | *wrangini | *wrangammaz |
| Instrumental | *wranginē | *wrangammiz | *wrangōnē | *wrangōmiz | *wranginē | *wrangammiz |
Related terms
- *wrangą
- *wringaną
Descendants
- Old Frisian: *wrang
- West Frisian: wrang
- Old Saxon: *wrang, *wrank
- Middle Low German: wrank, wrange
- Old Dutch: *wrang, *wrank
- Middle Dutch: wranc
- Dutch: wrang
- Middle Dutch: wranc
- Old Norse: *vrangr, rangr
- Icelandic: rangur
- Faroese: rangur
- Norn: rang
- Norwegian: vrang, rang
- Old Swedish: vranger
- Swedish: vrång
- Old Danish: wrangær
- Danish: vrang
- Scanian: vránger
- Westrobothnian: vrang, rang
- → Old English: wrang
- Middle English: wrang, wrong
- Scots: wrang
- English: wrong
- Middle English: wrang, wrong