Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wrīhô

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 Proto-Indo-European *wréyḱ-on-.[1] from *wreyḱ- (to twist, to bend).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

*wrīhô m[1]

  1. instep

Declension edit

masculine an-stemDeclension of *wrīhô (masculine an-stem)
singular plural
nominative *wrīhô *wrīhaniz
vocative *wrīhô *wrīhaniz
accusative *wrīhanų *wrīhanunz
genitive *wrīhiniz *wrīhanǫ̂
dative *wrīhini *wrīhammaz
instrumental *wrīhinē *wrīhammiz

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Old Dutch:
  • Old High German: rīho
    • Middle High German:

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*wrīhan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 596