Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/middjahriþrī

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This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

Metathesized from earlier Proto-Germanic *middjahirþrī, perhaps under the influence of *middjahrif (midrif), from *midi (middle, mid) +‎ *herþr (intestines; chest) +‎ *-ī.

Noun

*middjahriþrī n

  1. diaphragm

Inflection

Neuter ja-stem
Singular
Nominative *middjahhriþrī
Genitive *middjahhriþrijas
Singular Plural
Nominative *middjahhriþrī *middjahhriþriju
Accusative *middjahhriþrī *middjahhriþriju
Genitive *middjahhriþrijas *middjahhriþrijō
Dative *middjahhriþrijē *middjahhriþrijum
Instrumental *middjahhriþriju *middjahhriþrijum

Descendants

  • Old English: midhriþere
  • Old Frisian: midrith, midrhether

Further reading

  • Guus Kroonen (2013) “*hreþrja-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 246