hranca

Old High German

Etymology

Related to *renken (“to twist”), itself from Proto-West Germanic *wrankijan.[1]

Noun

hranca f

  1. A tendril (of vine).

Descendants
  • Middle High German: ranke

References
  1. Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Ranke”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.