Words that come from Proto-Germanic “wrīþaną”

54 words across 21 languages descend from Proto-Germanic wrīþaną — including writhing, writhe, rideau, writher, writhingly, writhled, writhy, vred.

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English (9)

French (7)

Middle English (6)

Swedish (5)

Old High German (4)

Middle French (2)

Old Swedish (2)

Danish (2)

Old English (2)

Old Norse (2)

Old French (2)

Norwegian Nynorsk (2)

Luxembourgish (1)

Icelandic (1)

Seychellois Creole (1)

Mauritian Creole (1)

Proto-Germanic (1)

Norwegian Bokmål (1)

Old Danish (1)

Romanian (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)