awry
English
/əˈɹaɪ/, /ˈɔ.ɹi/
adv
Definitions
- Obliquely, crookedly; askew.
- Perversely, improperly.
Etymology
Prefix from English wry root from Proto-Indo-European *wreyḱ- (turn, tie, wrap, twist, bind, weave, bend).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*wreyḱ-
Gloss
turn, tie, wrap, twist, bind, weave, bend
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
織
Emoji
🙃
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- awryness English
- wrily English
- wry English
- wrybill English
- wryly English
- wrymouth English
- wryneck English
- wrynecked English
- wryness English
- ῥικνός Ancient Greek
- ῥοικός Ancient Greek
- *wer- Proto-Indo-European
- *wreyḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *wrigōną Proto-Germanic
- wrien Middle English
- *wreikā Proto-Italic
- рѣшити Old East Slavic