wreken
Dutch (Brabantic)
verb
Definitions
- to (take) revenge, to avenge, to take vengeance
- to punish
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch wrēken inherited from Old Dutch *wrekan inherited from Proto-Germanic *wrekaną (drive out, push, pursue).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*wrekaną
Gloss
drive out, push, pursue
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
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
- Rächer German
- rächen German
- *wreg- Proto-Indo-European
- *wrekaną Proto-Germanic
- wrecan Old English
- wreken Middle English
- *wrek Old Norse
- vreka Old Norse
- gewreken Middle Dutch
- wrac Middle Dutch
- wreken Middle Dutch
- wrēken Middle Dutch
- rechen Middle High German
- 𐍅𐍂𐌰𐌺𐌾𐌰 Gothic
- 𐍅𐍂𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *wrekan gmw-pro
- *wrekan Old Dutch
- wrekan Old Saxon