*wrēkō

Runic: ᚹᚱᛖᚲᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈwrɛː.kɔː/

noun · feminine · ō-stem

Meanings

From Proto-Indo-European *wreg- (‘to drive’). Cognate with Latin urgeō (‘urge’).

*wrāku (Proto-West Germanic)
- wrāca (Old Dutch)
  - wrâke (Middle Dutch)
    - wraak (Dutch)
      - wraak (Afrikaans)
*wrāku (Proto-West Germanic)
- wrǣc, wrǣċ (Old English)
  - wrake, wreke, wræche, wrache, wreche (Middle English)
    - wrack, wreak (English)
    - wrak, wraik, wrek (Scots)
*wrāku (Proto-West Germanic)
- wrēke, wrēze, wrētze (Old Frisian)
  - wrake, wraak (West Frisian)
*wrāku (Proto-West Germanic)
- rāhha, rācha (Old High German)
  - rāche (Middle High German)
    - Rache (German)
      - Rach (Luxembourgish)
      - Rache (Saterland Frisian)
*wrāku (Proto-West Germanic)
- wrāka (Old Saxon)
  - wrāke (Middle Low German)
    - Wraak (Low German)