Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wraihaz

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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *wróyḱ-o-.[1] from *wreyḱ- (to twist, to bend).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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*wraihaz[1]

  1. crooked

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Old English: *wrāh
    • Middle English: wraw
  • Old Frisian: wrāk
  • Old Norse:
    • Swedish: vrå (dialectal)

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*wraiha-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 593