Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wrikkōną
Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editFrom Pre-Germanic *wriḱnéh₂-, a zero-grade iterative from Proto-Indo-European *wreyḱ- (“to twist, turn”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
edit*wrikkōną
Inflection
editThe original paradigm consisted of two stem variants, singular *wrikk- against non-singular *wrig-.
Conjugation of *wrikkōną (weak class 2)
Related terms
editDescendants
editThe latter Middle English forms are adduced as loans from continental Germanic languages, but could also represent dialectal preservations. The iteratives are usually best attested in the Middle and later stages of Germanic languages anyway.
The German form was borrowed from another Germanic language, probably either Dutch or Low German.