Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wraihaz

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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

From Proto-Indo-European *wróyḱ-o-.[1] from *wreyḱ- (to twist, to bend).

Pronunciation

Adjective

*wraihaz[1]

  1. crooked

Declension


Descendants

  • Old English: *wrāh
    • Middle English: wraw
  • Old Frisian: wrāk
  • Old Norse:
    • Swedish: vrå (dialectal)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*wraiha-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 593