Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wrīhaną
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *wreyḱ- (“to twist, weave, bind”). Cognate with Latin rīca (“veil, toile”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwriː.xɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*wrīhaną
Inflection
| active voice | passive voice | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive | |
| 1st singular | *wrīhō | *wrīhaų | — | *wrīhai | ? | |
| 2nd singular | *wrīhizi | *wrīhaiz | *wrīh | *wrīhazai | *wrīhaizau | |
| 3rd singular | *wrīhidi | *wrīhai | *wrīhadau | *wrīhadai | *wrīhaidau | |
| 1st dual | *wrīhōz | *wrīhaiw | — | — | — | |
| 2nd dual | *wrīhadiz | *wrīhaidiz | *wrīhadiz | — | — | |
| 1st plural | *wrīhamaz | *wrīhaim | — | *wrīhandai | *wrīhaindau | |
| 2nd plural | *wrīhid | *wrīhaid | *wrīhid | *wrīhandai | *wrīhaindau | |
| 3rd plural | *wrīhandi | *wrīhain | *wrīhandau | *wrīhandai | *wrīhaindau | |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| 1st singular | *wraih | *wrigį̄ | ||||
| 2nd singular | *wraiht | *wrigīz | ||||
| 3rd singular | *wraih | *wrigī | ||||
| 1st dual | *wrigū | *wrigīw | ||||
| 2nd dual | *wrigudiz | *wrigīdiz | ||||
| 1st plural | *wrigum | *wrigīm | ||||
| 2nd plural | *wrigud | *wrigīd | ||||
| 3rd plural | *wrigun | *wrigīn | ||||
| present | past | |||||
| participles | *wrīhandz | *wriganaz | ||||
Related terms
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *wrīhan, *wrīan, *wrīgan
- Old English: wrēon (“to cover (up)”)
- Old Frisian: *wrīgia
- West Frisian: riuwe (“to bind with twine; to constrict”)
- ⇒ Old Frisian: wreigenge (“bedcover, duvet”)
- ⇒ Old Frisian: wrichte (“battle-garment”)
- Old Saxon: *wrīgan, *wrīan
- Old Dutch: *rīgan, *rīan
- Old High German: rīhan, *rīgan