Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hreub

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hreubaz.

Adjective

*hreub

1. rough, scabby
2. leprous

Inflection

a-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*hreub
Genitive	*hreubas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*hreub	*hreubu	*hreub
Accusative	*hreubanā	*hreubā	*hreub
Genitive	*hreubas	*hreubeʀā	*hreubas
Dative	*hreubumē	*hreubeʀē	*hreubumē
Instrumental	*hreubu	*hreubeʀu	*hreubu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*hreubē	*hreubō	*hreubu
Accusative	*hreubā	*hreubā	*hreubu
Genitive	*hreubeʀō	*hreubeʀō	*hreubeʀō
Dative	*hreubēm, *hreubum	*hreubēm, *hreubum	*hreubēm, *hreubum
Instrumental	*hreubēm, *hreubum	*hreubēm, *hreubum	*hreubēm, *hreubum

Derived terms

• *hriubisk
  • →? Old French: revesche (or cognate with Italian rivescio, riverscio, related to rovesciare)
    • Middle French: reveche
      • French: revêche (“sour, unpleasant”)

Descendants

• Old English: hrēof
  • Middle English: ref
    • English: reef
    • Scots: reif
• Old High German: hriob, riob