Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/rīhaną

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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

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyḱ- (to break, scratch), whence also Ancient Greek ἐρείκω (ereíkō, to rend, bruise, pound).[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

*rīhaną[1]

  1. to line up, to string together

Inflection

Descendants

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*rīxanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 305