Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/middjahrif

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

Etymology

From *midi (“middle, mid”) +‎ *hrif (“body, torso”).

Noun

*middjahrif n

  1. midriff

Inflection

z-stem
Singular
Nominative *middjahhrif
Genitive *middjahhrifiʀi
Singular Plural
Nominative *middjahhrif *middjahhrifiʀu
Accusative *middjahhrif *middjahhrifiʀu
Genitive *middjahhrifiʀi *middjahhrifiʀō
Dative *middjahhrifiʀi *middjahhrifiʀum
Instrumental *middjahhrifiʀi *middjahhrifiʀum

Descendants

  • Old English: midhrif, midrif
  • Old Frisian: midrof
  • Middle Dutch: *midref
    • Middle Dutch: middelrijf

Further reading

  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hrefiz-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 244: “midja-hrefiz-”
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