Where does “wrekan” come from?

wrekan (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-West Germanic wrekan, from Proto-Germanic wrekaną, from Proto-Indo-European wreǵ- — to work, act.

wrekan (Old Saxon): to wreak

Definitions

  1. to wreak

Ancestry of “wrekan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicwrekanto drive out; to persecute
2Proto-Germanicwrekanąto pursue, to drive out
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwreǵ-to work, act

Words derived from “wrekan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wreǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wrekaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic wrekan →