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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
An adjectival formation from *wringaną (“to wring, twist”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
*wrangaz
- twisted, warped, bent, crooked, wry
- wretched, wicked, unjust
Inflection
Declension of *wrangaz (a-stem)
Strong declension
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singular
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plural
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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nominative
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*wrangaz
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*wrangō
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*wrangą, -atō
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*wrangai
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*wrangôz
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*wrangō
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accusative
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*wranganǭ
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*wrangǭ
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*wrangą, -atō
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*wranganz
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*wrangōz
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*wrangō
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genitive
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*wrangas, -is
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*wrangaizōz
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*wrangas, -is
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*wrangaizǫ̂
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*wrangaizǫ̂
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*wrangaizǫ̂
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dative
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*wrangammai
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*wrangaizōi
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*wrangammai
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*wrangaimaz
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*wrangaimaz
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*wrangaimaz
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instrumental
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*wranganō
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*wrangaizō
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*wranganō
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*wrangaimiz
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*wrangaimiz
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*wrangaimiz
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Weak declension
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singular
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plural
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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nominative
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*wrangô
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*wrangǭ
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*wrangô
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*wranganiz
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*wrangōniz
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*wrangōnō
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accusative
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*wranganų
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*wrangōnų
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*wrangô
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*wranganunz
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*wrangōnunz
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*wrangōnō
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genitive
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*wranginiz
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*wrangōniz
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*wranginiz
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*wranganǫ̂
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*wrangōnǫ̂
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*wranganǫ̂
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dative
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*wrangini
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*wrangōni
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*wrangini
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*wrangammaz
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*wrangōmaz
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*wrangammaz
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instrumental
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*wranginē
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*wrangōnē
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*wranginē
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*wrangammiz
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*wrangōmiz
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*wrangammiz
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Descendants
References
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*wranga-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 594