Proto-Germanic
*wrangaz
‘crooked, twisted, turned awry’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *wrangaz.
5 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *wrangaz, most familiar first.
- wrong ← wrang ← *wrang
- wrongful ← wrong ← wrang ← *wrang
- wrongfully ← wrongful ← wrong ← wrang ← *wrang
- wrongous ← wrangwīs ← wrang ← *wrang
- wrongwise ← wrongwis ← wrangwīs ← wrang ← *wrang
From Wiktionary, by Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); adapted. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *wrangaz