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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₁réy-(h₁)se-ti, from *h₁rey- (“to rise”) + *-(h₁)seti (“desiderative imperfect verbal suffix”).[1]
Pronunciation
Verb
*rīsaną[2][3]
- to scale; move vertically (either up or down)
- to rise
Inflection
Conjugation of
*rīsaną (strong class 1)
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*h₁rei̯-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 252
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*rīsan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 414
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*rīsanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 306