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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwriː.xɔːː/

Noun

*wrīhô m^[1]

instep

Declension

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

*wraihaz (“crooked”)

Descendants

Old Dutch:
- Middle Dutch: wrijghe, wrijch, wrijf
  - Dutch: wreef
Old High German: rīho
- Middle High German:
  - German: Reihen

References

↑ ^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

[Kroonen-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

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