Where does “ränker” come from?

ränker (Swedish) comes from German Ranke, from Old High German *rank, from Proto-Germanic wrankiz, from Proto-Indo-European wreng- — to turn.

ränker (Swedish): schemes, machinations (secret, ill-intentioned plans)

Definitions

  1. schemes, machinations (secret, ill-intentioned plans)

Ancestry of “ränker”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanRankeA tendril
2Old High German*rank—
3Proto-Germanicwrankiza turning, twisting; a turn, twisting
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwreng-to turn

Words derived from “ränker”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wreng- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wrankiz →Every word from Old High German *rank →