Where does “vrako” come from?

vrako (Esperanto) comes from German Wrack, from Middle Low German wrak, from Old Saxon wrak, from Old Saxon wrekan, from Proto-West Germanic wrekan, from Proto-Germanic wrekaną, from Proto-Indo-European wreǵ- — to work, act.

vrako (Esperanto): wreck damaged remains of a ship, airplane, etc

Definitions

  1. wreck damaged remains of a ship, airplane, etc

Ancestry of “vrako”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanWrackwreck
2Middle Low Germanwrak—
3Old Saxonwrak—
4Old Saxonwrekanto wreak
5Proto-West Germanicwrekanto drive out; to persecute
6Proto-Germanicwrekanąto pursue, to drive out
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwreǵ-to work, act
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wreǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wrekaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic wrekan →
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