wrat

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch wratte, from Old Dutch wratt, *wratta, *warta, from Proto-Germanic *wartǭ. The phonetic development is irregular, but compare Middle Low German wratte, Middle English wrette. Some modern Dutch dialects have the expected form wa(a)rt. Compare also German Warze, English wart.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vrɑt/

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• Homophone: vrat
• Rhymes: -ɑt

Noun

wrat f (plural wratten, diminutive wratje n)

1. wart (type of growth occurring on the skin)

Derived terms

• wrattenzwijn
• wrattig

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wrɑːt/

Verb

wrāt

1. first/third-person singular preterite indicative of wrītan

Old Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀəqat. Doublet of bot and bwat.

Root

wrat

1. heavy

Derived terms

• amrat
• amrati
• awrat
• mrat
• pamrat
• sarwawrat
• winratan

 

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦮꦿꦠ꧀ (wrat) (inherited)

Further reading

• "wrat" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Tocharian B

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit व्रत (vrata).

Noun

wrat ?

1. vow