Where does “wrek” come from?

wrek (Old French) comes from Old Norse wrek, from Proto-Germanic wrekaną, from Proto-Indo-European wreǵ- — to work, act.

wrek (Old French): shipwreck

Definitions

  1. shipwreck

Ancestry of “wrek”, step by step

wrek traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse wrek

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsewrek—
2Proto-Germanicwrekanąto pursue, to drive out
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwreǵ-to work, act

via Old Norse vagrek

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsevagrekwreck, flotsam
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wreǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wrekaną →Every word from Old Norse wrek →
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