Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wrakjaną
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Proto-Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From *wrekaną (“to persue”) + *-janą.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]*wrakjaną[1]
Inflection
[edit]Conjugation of *wrakjaną (weak class 1)
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-West Germanic: *wrakkjan
- Old English: wreccan
- Old Norse: rekja
- Icelandic: rekja
- Gothic: 𐍅𐍂𐌰𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (wrakjan)
References
[edit]- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*wrakjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 471