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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/renken

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, R (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
renken
Friedrich Kluge2510711An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, R — renken1891John Francis Davis

renken, vb., ‘to twist, wrench,’ from MidHG. ręnken, OHG. ręnchen, ‘to turn this way and that,’ for an earlier *wrankjan (from the stem rank, ‘to dislocate,’ are derived the Rom. cognates, Ital. ranco, ‘lame,’ rancare, ‘to halt’). AS. wręnč, ‘bend, artifice,’ AS. wręnčan, ‘to turn,’ E. wrench, subst. and vb. The corresponding vb. is ringen, Teut. wringan; the k of renken (probably for kk) compared with the g of ringen resembles the variation in bücken and biegen, lecken and Goth. bilaigôn, &c. With the pre-Teut. root wrenk (wreng) comp. Gr. ῥέμβω, ‘to turn,’ ῥόμβος, ‘top.’ Comp. Rank.