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Etymology · Proto-Germanic

*wrīþaną

3 English words descend from Proto-Germanic *wrīþaną, most common first.

wristThe complex joint between forearm bones, carpus, and metacarpals where the hand is attached to the arm; the carpus in a narrow sense.
writheTo twist, wring (something).
wreatheTo coil, curl, or twist (something); to shape (something) into circles or coils.