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Proto-Germanic: *wrinkian- vb., *wranki-, *wrank=
Meaning: twist, wind round
IE etymology: IE etymology
Norwegian: vrinke `abgeschmackt werden'
Swedish: vrinka `verstauchen'
Old English: wrenc `Modulation der Stimme, Kunstgriff, Hinterlist, Ränke', wrencan `drehen, winden, betrügen', wrincle `Runzel'
English: wrench
Middle Dutch: ranc
Middle Low German: wrank `Händeringen, Kampf, Streit'
Old High German: bi-renken `verrenken' (10.Jh.); werc n. (9.Jh.) `Flachs, Hanf, Abfall beim Flachsschwingen'
Middle High German: rɛnken wk. `drehend ziehen, hin- und herbewegen', rank (-g-) st. m. 'schnelle drehende bewegung', ranken wk. 'sich hin und her bewegen, dehnen, strecken', rangen wk. 'ringen, sich hin und her bewegen'
German: renken; pl. Ränke (dial. Rank)
Comments: Cf. *wránxō: ON rɔ̄ f. `Winkel, Ecke', Dan vrɔ̄, OSwed vrā `id.'
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