Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “wreyt-”

136 words across 32 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European wreyt- — including wrath, writhing, wrest, wrathful, wroth, writhe, wrathfully, wrasse.

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English (29)

Swedish (21)

Middle English (12)

French (7)

Finnish (7)

Old Norse (6)

Proto-Germanic (5)

Old English (5)

Danish (4)

Icelandic (4)

Old High German (4)

Dutch (3)

Old Swedish (3)

Proto-West Germanic (3)

Middle French (2)

Old Saxon (2)

Old French (2)

Old Danish (2)

Norwegian Nynorsk (2)

Old Dutch (1)

Old Frisian (1)

Translingual (1)

Latin (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

German Low German (1)

Elfdalian (1)

Seychellois Creole (1)

Saterland Frisian (1)

Mauritian Creole (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Norwegian Bokmål (1)

Romanian (1)