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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wrangaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From *wringaną (to wring, twist), from Proto-Indo-European *wrenǵʰ- (to twist, wry, constrict, choke, thring), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (to twist, bend).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwrɑŋ.ɡɑz/

Adjective

*wrangaz

  1. twisted, warped, bent, crooked, wry
  2. wretched, wicked, unjust

Inflection


Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *wrang
    • Old Frisian: *wrang
    • Old Saxon: *wrang, *wrank
      • Middle Low German: wrank, wrange
    • Old Dutch: *wrang, *wrank
  • Proto-Norse: *ᚹᚱᚨᛜᚨᛉ (*wraŋaʀ)
    • Old Norse: vrangr
      • Norwegian: vrang; (dialectal) vrang’e, vrång’e
      • Old Danish: wrangær
      • Old Swedish: wranger
      • Scanian: vránger
      • Old English: wrang (see there for further descendants)
      • Later Old West Norse: rangr
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