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
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