Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/raih-

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

Alternative reconstructions

  • *raig-

Etymology

A Germanic root with many similarly-formed descendants and related variants. Kroonen leaves the origin open,[1] while others have derived the root from a Proto-Indo-European *reyk- (“to tear, scratch; streak”), which appears to be part of a large complex of ambiguously-resolved words that includes Sanskrit लिखति (likhati, “to scratch, write”); see there for more.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɑi̯x-/

Noun

*raih- ?

  1. streak; row

Derived terms

  • *raihō
    • Old Norse: *rá
      • Norwegian: rå (dialectal)
  • *raihsmō
    • Old Saxon: *rēsama
      • Middle Low German: rêseme
    • Old Dutch: *rēsama
      • Middle Dutch: reesem, rese, reese
  • *raigwō, *raiwō
  • *rīgō

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*rīhō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 412
  2. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) “rikháti”, in Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎[2] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 58
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