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wrest

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(Engels)

Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/ɹɛst/
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Overgenomen van Middelengels
wresten
Overgenomen van Oudengels
wrǣstan
Verwant aan Oudnoors
reista
In summary

From Middle English wresten, wrasten, wræsten, from Old English wrǣstan (“to twist forcibly, wrench”), from Proto-Germanic *wraistijaną, (compare Proto-Germanic *wrīhaną (“to turn, wind; to cover, envelop”), *wrīþaną (“to weave, twist”), Old Norse reista (“to bend, twist”)), from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *wreiḱ-, *wreyḱ- (“to bend, twist”), *wreyt- (“to bend”). See also writhe, wry. The noun is derived from the verb.

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