Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wrītaną
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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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Of unclear origin.
Kroonen derives the root from a Proto-Indo-European *wreyd-, with no known cognates outside of Germanic.[1]
Pokorny and Lehmann suggest that the root is a d-extension of a Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to cut, scratch”), for which see Old Armenian գիր (gir, “letter; writing”) for more possible cognates.[2] Latin rīma (“cleft, crack”) may also continue this same root.[3]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
Inflection[edit]
Conjugation of *wrītaną (strong class 1)
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Proto-West Germanic: *wrītan
- Proto-Norse: ᚹᚱᚨᛁᛏᚨ (wraita),[6] ᚹᚨᚱᛡᛁᛏ (warᴀit), ᚹᚨᚱᛁᛏᚢ (waritu)
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*wrītan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 596-597
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*wrītanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 473
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 523-4
- ^ MacLeod, Mindy, Mees, Bernard (2006) Runic Amulets and Magic Objects, Boydell Press, →ISBN, page 46
- ^ Ibid., p. 49.
- ^ Elmer H., Antonsen (2002) Runes and Germanic Linguistics (Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs), volume 140, Berlin, New York: Mouton De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 27