Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wrakkjō

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 *wrakjô. Equivalent to *wrekan (“to drive out; to persecute”) +‎ *-jō.

Noun

*wrakkjō m

exile, outcast

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*wrakkjō
Genitive	wrakkjini, wrakkjan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*wrakkjō	*wrakkjan
Accusative	*wrakkjan	*wrakkjan
Genitive	wrakkjini, wrakkjan	*wrakkjanō
Dative	wrakkjini, wrakkjan	*wrakkjum
Instrumental	wrakkjini, wrakkjan	*wrakkjum

Descendants

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)