Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/rīhaną
Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editPossibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyḱ- (“to break, scratch”), whence also Ancient Greek ἐρείκω (ereíkō, “to rend, bruise, pound”).[1]
Pronunciation
editVerb
edit*rīhaną[1]
Inflection
editConjugation of *rīhaną (strong class 1)
Descendants
edit- Proto-West Germanic: *rīhan