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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wraku
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *wrakō.
Noun
*wraku f[1]
- revenge
- persecution
Inflection
| ō-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *wraku | |
| Genitive | *wrakā | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *wraku | *wrakō |
| Accusative | *wrakā | *wrakā |
| Genitive | *wrakā | *wrakō |
| Dative | *wrakē | *wrakōm |
| Instrumental | *wraku | *wrakōm |
Alternative forms
- *wrāku
Related terms
- *wrekan
Descendants
- Old English: wracu, ƿracu
- English: wrake
References
- Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 195: “PWGmc *wraku”