Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/middjahrif

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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

From *midi (middle, mid) +‎ *hrif (body, torso).

Noun

*middjahrif n

  1. midriff

Inflection

z-stem
Singular
Nominative *middjahhrif
Genitive *middjahhrifiʀi
Singular Plural
Nominative *middjahhrif *middjahhrifiʀu
Accusative *middjahhrif *middjahhrifiʀu
Genitive *middjahhrifiʀi *middjahhrifiʀō
Dative *middjahhrifiʀi *middjahhrifiʀum
Instrumental *middjahhrifiʀi *middjahhrifiʀum

Descendants

Further reading

  • Guus Kroonen (2013) “*hrefiz-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 244:midja-hrefiz-