Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wrēkiz

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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

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Etymology

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Vṛddhi gerundive of *wrekaną (to pursue, drive out).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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*wrēkiz

  1. driven out, persecuted, expelled
  2. reprehensible, actionable

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Old Frisian: *wrēze, inwrēze
  • Old Norse: rækr

References

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  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN