Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/middjahriþrī

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

Metathesized from earlier Proto-Germanic *middjahirþrī, perhaps under the influence of *middjahrif (“midrif”), from *midi (“middle, mid”) +‎ *herþr (“intestines; chest”) +‎ *-ī.

Noun

*middjahriþrī n

1. diaphragm

Inflection

Neuter ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*middjahhriþrī
Genitive	*middjahhriþrijas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*middjahhriþrī	*middjahhriþriju
Accusative	*middjahhriþrī	*middjahhriþriju
Genitive	*middjahhriþrijas	*middjahhriþrijō
Dative	*middjahhriþrijē	*middjahhriþrijum
Instrumental	*middjahhriþriju	*middjahhriþrijum

Descendants

• Old English: midhriþere
• Old Frisian: midrith, midrhether

Further reading

• Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hreþrja-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 246