Where does “wreccan” come from?

wreccan (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic wrakjaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

wreccan (Old English): to raise, lift up

Definitions

  1. to raise, lift up

Ancestry of “wreccan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicwrakjanąto track, to follow; to persecute
2Proto-Germanic-janąDerives denominatives from nouns and factitives...
3Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
5Chichewaiyehe, she

Words derived from “wreccan”

Every word from Chichewa iye →Every word from Proto-Germanic -janą →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yéti →