Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wrakkjō

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wrakjô. Equivalent to *wrekan (“to drive out; to persecute”) +‎ *-jō.

Noun

*wrakkjō m

1. exile, outcast

Descendants

• Old English: wræċċa, wreċċa
  • Middle English: wrecche
    • English: wretch
    • Scots: wratch, wretch, werch, warch
• Old Saxon: wrekkio
• Old Dutch: *recko
  • Middle Dutch: recke
• Old High German: *wreccheo, wreccho, hrechjo, reccho, wrecko, recko
  • Middle High German: reche, recke
    • → Middle Low German: recke
    • German: Recke
• → Medieval Latin: garciō (see there for further descendants)