wrake

English

/ɹeɪk/

noun

Definitions

(obsolete) Suffering which comes as a result of vengeance or retribution.
(obsolete) Variant of wrack (wrack).

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English wrake (persecution, injury, vengeance) inherited from Old English ƿracu (persecution, etc, misery, revenge) inherited from Proto-Germanic *wrakō.

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*wrakō

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Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

wrack English
*wreg- Proto-Indo-European
*wrakō Proto-Germanic
wracu Old English
ƿracu Old English
wrake Middle English
rāhha Old High German
𐍅𐍂𐌰𐌺𐌰 Gothic
Raache Pennsylvania German

wrack