Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗To cause harm; to afflict; to inflict; to harm or injure; to let out harm. · To chasten, or chastise/chastize, or castigate, or punish, or smite. · To inflict or take vengeance on. · To take vengeance for.
From Middle English wreken, from Old English wrecan, from Proto-West Germanic *wrekan, from Proto-Germanic *wrekaną, from Proto-Indo-European *wreg- (“push, shove, drive, track down”). Cognate via Proto-Germanic with Dutch wreken, German rächen, Swedish vräka; cognate via PIE with Latin urgēre (English urge), and distantly cognate with English wreck.
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- Inherited-form mentionwrekenenm
- Inherited-form mentionwrecanang
- Inherited-form mention*wrekangmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*wrekanągem-pro
- Derivation mention*wreg-ine-pro · push, shove, drive, track down
- Cognate mentionwrekennl
- Cognate mentionrächende
- Cognate mentionvräkasv
- Cognate mentionurgeōla
- Cognate mentionurgeen
- Cognate mentionwrecken
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"To cause harm; to afflict; to inflict; to harm or injure; to let out harm.",
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"To take vengeance for."
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