Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wrīhô

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Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wréyḱ-on-.[1] from *wreyḱ- (“to twist, to bend”).

Pronunciation

Noun

*wrīhô m[1]

  1. instep

Declension

masculine an-stemDeclension of *wrīhô (masculine an-stem)
singular plural
nominative *wrīhô *wrīhaniz
vocative *wrīhô *wrīhaniz
accusative *wrīhanų *wrīhanunz
genitive *wrīhiniz *wrīhanǫ̂
dative *wrīhini *wrīhammaz
instrumental *wrīhinē *wrīhammiz

Descendants

  • Old Dutch:
  • Old High German: rīho
    • Middle High German:

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*wrīhan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 596
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