Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wranhō

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wrónkeh₂, from the root *wrenk- (“to turn, twist, bend; to clutch, grasp”). Possibly formal cognate with Proto-Balto-Slavic *ránkāˀ (“clutch, hand, arm”).

Noun

*wranhō f

1. angle, corner, nook

Declension

ō-stemDeclension of *wranhō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*wranhō	*wranhôz
vocative	*wranhō	*wranhôz
accusative	*wranhǭ	*wranhōz
genitive	*wranhōz	*wranhǫ̂
dative	*wranhōi	*wranhōmaz
instrumental	*wranhō	*wranhōmiz

Descendants

• Old Norse: vrá, rá
  • Danish: vrå
  • Faroese: vrá
  • Icelandic: rá
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ro
  • Swedish: vrå
  • → Middle English: wro
    • English: wroo
    • Scots: wray