Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wrekan

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *wrekaną.

Verb

*wrekan

to drive out
to persecute

Inflection

Strong class 5
Infinitive	*wrekan
1st sg. past	*wrak
3rd pl. past	*wrākun
Past ptcple	*wrekan
Infinitive	*wrekan
Genitive infin.	*wrekannjas
Dative infin.	*wrekannjē
Instrum. infin.	*wrekannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*wreku	*wrak
2nd singular	*wrikiʀi	*wrākī
3rd singular	*wrikidi	*wrak
1st plural	*wrekum	*wrākum
2nd plural	*wrikid	*wrākud
3rd plural	*wrekand	*wrākun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*wrekē	*wrākī
2nd singular	*wrekēs	*wrākī
3rd singular	*wrekē	*wrākī
1st plural	*wrekēm	*wrākīm
2nd plural	*wrekēþ	*wrākīd
3rd plural	*wrekēn	*wrākīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*wrek
Plural	*wrikid
	Present	Past
Participle	*wrekandī	*wrekan

Related terms

*wraku

Descendants

Old English: wrecan, ƿrecan
- Middle English: wreken
  - English: wreak
  - Scots: wreke, wrek, wreik
Old Frisian: wreka
- West Frisian: wrekke
Old Saxon: wrekan
- Middle Low German: wrēken
Old Dutch: *wrekan
- Middle Dutch: wrēken
  - Dutch: wreken
    - Afrikaans: wreek
Old High German: rehhan, wrehhan
- Middle High German: rechen
  - German: rächen
    - → Luxembourgish: rächen