Вчера взбрело, что wrong "неверный" и врать - родственны.
Дык сегодня посмотрел этимологию wrong:
wrong (adj.)
late O.E., "twisted, crooked, wry," from O.N. rangr, earlier *wrangr "crooked, wry, wrong," from P.Gmc. *wrangaz (cf. Dan. vrang "crooked, wrong," M.Du. wranc, Du. wrang "sour, bitter," lit. "that which distorts the mouth"), from PIE *wrengh- "to turn" (see wring). Sense of "not right, bad, immoral, unjust" developed by c.1300. Wrong thus is etymologically a negative of right (from L. rectus, lit. "straight"). L. pravus was lit. "crooked," but most commonly "wrong, bad;" and other words for "crooked" also have meant "wrong" in Italian and Slavic.
"Wrong" имеет смысл "кривой", восходит к слову со значением "поворачивать". "Врать" - аналогично, "изВРАЩать".
Пошёл дальше смотреть слова на
wr-:
wrist "запястье" - тоже от "
вращать",
write "писать" - от "
вырезать".
Наконец-то изложил коротко ...
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