Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/girį̄

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic edit

Etymology edit

From *geraz (“greedy”) +‎ *-į̄.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈɣi.rĩː/

Noun edit

*girį̄ f^[1]

greed

Inflection edit

īn-stemDeclension of *girį̄ (īn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*girį̄	*girīniz
vocative	*girį̄	*girīniz
accusative	*girīnų	*girīnunz
genitive	*girīniz	*girīnǫ̂
dative	*girīni	*girīmaz
instrumental	*girīnē	*girīmiz

Descendants edit

Proto-West Germanic: *girī
- Old Saxon: *giri in fehugiri (“rapacity”)
- Old High German: girī, ger
  - Middle High German: gir
    - German: Gier
Old East Norse: giri
- Swedish: girig
- Norwegian: gīr (dialectal)

References edit

^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*gerīn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 132

[HGE-1] Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*gerīn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 132

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