Where does “vrek” come from?

vrek (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch vrec, from Old Dutch frek, from Proto-West Germanic frek, from Proto-Germanic frekaz, from Proto-Indo-European pereg-.

vrek (Dutch): scrooge, miser

Definitions

  1. scrooge, miser

Ancestry of “vrek”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchvrecgreedy, avaricious
2Old Dutchfrek—
3Proto-West Germanicfrekgreedy
4Proto-Germanicfrekazgreedy
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpereg-—

Words derived from “vrek”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pereg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic frekaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic frek →
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