Where does “vrek” come from?

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

Ancestry of “vrek”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchfrek—
2Proto-West Germanicfrekgreedy
3Proto-Germanicfrekazgreedy
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpereg-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pereg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic frekaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic frek →