Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wrīhaną

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.

From Proto-Indo-European *wreyḱ- (“to twist, weave, bind”). Cognate with Latin rīca (“veil, toile”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈwriː.xɑ.nɑ̃/

*wrīhaną

1. to wind, turn
2. to wrap, cover, shroud, envelop

• *wristuz

• Proto-West Germanic: *wrīhan, *wrīan, *wrīgan
  • Old English: wrēon (“to cover (up)”)
    • Middle English: wrihen, wreon, wrien, wryen
      • English: wry
  • Old Frisian: *wrīgia
    • West Frisian: riuwe (“to bind with twine; to constrict”)
    • ⇒ Old Frisian: wreigenge (“bedcover, duvet”)
    • ⇒ Old Frisian: wrichte (“battle-garment”)
  • Old Saxon: *wrīgan, *wrīan
    • Middle Low German: rîgen, rîen
      • German Low German:

        Altmärkisch: rîn

        Low Prussian: rêgen

        Westphalian:

        Bentheimisch: rîgen

        Dortmundisch, Sauerländisch: riggen

        Sauerländisch: reyjen (Wenden)

        East Westphalian: rüijen, rüigen, röjjen (Lippe), ruijjen (Ravensberg)

        Westmünsterländisch: rijen

  • Old Dutch: *rīgan, *rīan
    • Middle Dutch: rîen (“to bind with twine”), rijenn, rîgen
      • Dutch: rijgen
      • Limburgish: riege
  • Old High German: rīhan, *rīgan
    • Middle High German: rîhen, rîgen, rîhhen (“to pleat; to impale”)
      • German: reihen
      • Luxembourgish: reien