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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hrefaz
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *krép-os ~ *krép-es-os, from *krep-. Cognate with Proto-Italic *korpos (“body”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxre.ɸɑz/
Noun
*hrefaz n[1]
- body
- Synonyms: *būkaz, *līką
- torso; stomach
- Synonyms: *būkaz, *ambô, *magô, *wambō
Inflection
z-stemDeclension of *hrefaz (z-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *hrefaz | *hrifizō | |
vocative | *hrefaz | *hrifizō | |
accusative | *hrefaz | *hrifizō | |
genitive | *hrifiziz | *hrifizǫ̂ | |
dative | *hrifizi | *hrifizumaz | |
instrumental | *hrifizē | *hrifizumiz |
Derived terms
- (possibly) *hrefalingaz (“a kind of shoe”)[2]
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *hrif
- Old English: hrif
- Middle English: *rif
- English: riff
- ⇒ Old English: midhrif
- Middle English: midhrif, midrif, midref
- English: midriff
- Middle English: midhrif, midrif, midref
- Middle English: *rif
- Old Frisian: hrif, href
- ⇒ Old Frisian: inhrif, inhref
- ⇒ Old Frisian: midhrif, midhref
- Old Saxon: *hrif
- Middle Low German: rif, ref
- ⇒ Middle Low German: middelrif
- German Low German: Riff
- Middle Low German: rif, ref
- Old Dutch: ref
- Middle Dutch: *rif
- Dutch: rif
- ⇒ Middle Dutch: middelrif
- Dutch: middenrif
- Middle Dutch: *rif
- Old High German: href
- Old English: hrif
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*hrefiz-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 244
- Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*xrefaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 185: “*xrefalinʒaz”