Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/wreyt-

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 *wreyḱ- (“to twist, bend”), perhaps continuing an earlier root *wrey-.[1]

Root

*wreyt-[2]

  1. to twist

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *wreyt- (6 c, 0 e)
  • *wréyt-e-ti (thematic root present)
    • Proto-Germanic: *wrīþaną (see there for further descendants)
  • *writ-e-ti (thematic zero-grade root present?)
  • *wréyt-ye-ti (ye-present)
    • Balto-Slavic:
      • Latvian: rìest
      • Lithuanian: riẽsti (riečiù)
  • *wreyt-eh₁ye-ti (eh₁-stative)
    • Balto-Slavic:
      • Lithuanian: rietė́ti
  • *wróyt-os
    • Proto-Germanic: *wraiþaz (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*wristiz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 472
  2. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*wrīþan- ~ *wrītan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 597
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