Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wrāku

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 *wrēkō.

Noun

*wrāku f

1. Alternative form of *wraku

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*wrāku
Genitive	*wrākā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*wrāku	*wrākō
Accusative	*wrākā	*wrākā
Genitive	*wrākā	*wrākō
Dative	*wrākē	*wrākōm, *wrākum
Instrumental	*wrāku	*wrākōm, *wrākum

Descendants

• Old English: wrǣc, wrǣċ
  • Middle English: wrake, wreke, wræche, wrache, wreche
    • Scots: wrak, wraik, wrek
    • English: wrack, wreak
• Old Frisian: wrēke, wrēze, wrētze
  • West Frisian: wrake, wraak (possibly borrowed from Dutch)
• Old Saxon: wrāka
  • Middle Low German: wrāke
    • Low German: Wraak
• Old Dutch: wrāca
  • Middle Dutch: wrâke
    • Dutch: wraak
      • Afrikaans: wraak
• Old High German: rāhha, rācha
  • Middle High German: rāche
    • German: Rache
      • → Luxembourgish: Rach
      • → Saterland Frisian: Rache