Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/wreyḱ-

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Etymology

Has been implicitly suggested to be related to *wreyt- (“to twist”), perhaps continuing an earlier root *wrey-.[1]

Root

*wreyḱ-[2]

  1. to twist
  2. to bend

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *wreyḱ- (4 c, 0 e)
  • *wréyḱ-e-ti (thematic root present)
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic:
      • Old Prussian: perrēist (prefixed)
    • Proto-Germanic: *wrīhaną
  • *wriḱ-yé-ti (zero-grade ye-present)
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *wrićyáti
      • Proto-Iranian: *wricyáti
        • Avestan: 𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬌𐬯𐬌𐬀 (uruuisia)
        • Persian: رشتن (reštan, “to spin, make yarn”)
  • *wreyḱ-eh₂
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic:
      • Lithuanian: ri̇́eša
    • Proto-Italic: *reikā
  • *wriḱ-nó-s
    • Proto-Hellenic: *wriknós
      • Ancient Greek: ῥικνός (rhiknós, “crooked, shriveled”)
  • *wréyḱ-ō ~ *wriḱ-n-és
  • *wreyḱ-o-s
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic:
      • Lithuanian: ri̇́ešas
  • *wróyḱ-o-s
Unsorted formations
  • Sanskrit: व्रेशी (vréśī, name of waters)[3]

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*wristiz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 472
  2. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*wrī̆han-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 596
  3. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[3] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 598
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