Rache
German (Berlin)
/ˈraxə/
noun
Definitions
- revenge; vengeance
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German rāche inherited from Old High German rāhha inherited from *wrāku inherited from Proto-Germanic *wrēkō (revenge, persecution) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *wreg- (drive, track, follow, urge, push, hunt, press, shove, track down).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*wreg-
Gloss
drive, track, follow, urge, push, hunt, press, shove, track down
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- awreak English
- bewreak English
- bewreke English
- wreak English
- wreaker English
- wreakest English
- wreaketh English
- wreakful English
- wreakless English
- Gier German
- Mord German
- Rachemord German
- Rachgier German
- Rachsucht German
- Sucht German
- rachgierig German
- eerwraak Dutch, Flemish
- wederwraak Dutch, Flemish
- weerwraak Dutch, Flemish
- wraak Dutch, Flemish
- wraakporno Dutch, Flemish
- *wreg- Proto-Indo-European
- *gawrekaną Proto-Germanic
- *wrakjô Proto-Germanic
- *wrakō Proto-Germanic
- *wrekaną Proto-Germanic
- *wrēkō Proto-Germanic
- wreken Middle English
- wrāke, wrake Middle Dutch
- rāhha Old High German
- rāche Middle High German
- 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍅𐍂𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *wrāku gmw-pro
- wrāka Old Dutch
- Raache Pennsylvania German
- werke Tocharian B