Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/risi

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

Alternative forms

*wrisi

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *risiz.

Noun

*risi m

giant
Synonyms: *anti, *etun, *þuris

Inflection

i-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*risi
Genitive	*risī
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*risi	*risī
Accusative	*risi	*risī
Genitive	*risī	*rissjō
Dative	*risī	risim, rissjum
Instrumental	*risī	risim, rissjum

Derived terms

>? *wrisijō (“giant”) (+ *-ijō)
- Old Saxon: wrisio
- >? Old High German: riso
>? *wrisil (“giant, hero”) (+ *-il)
- Old Saxon: wrisil
- Old Dutch: wrisil

Descendants

Old Frisian: *rise
- Saterland Frisian: Riese
- West Frisian: reis
Old Saxon: *risi, *wrisi
- Middle Low German: rêse
  - German Low German:
    Bentheimisch: Ries
    
    Westmünsterländisch: Riese
- ⇒? Old Saxon: wrisilīk (“giant”, adj)
- ⇒? Old Saxon: wrisilīko (“gigantic”, adverb)
Old Dutch: *risi
- Middle Dutch: rêse, rôse, ruese
  - Dutch: reus
    - Afrikaans: reus
    - → West Frisian: reus
Old High German: risi
- Middle High German: rise
  - German: Riese
  - Luxembourgish: Ris