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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wristuz
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *wrey- (“to turn; wrap; bind”), from *wer- (“to bend; turn”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwris.tuz/
Noun
*wristuz m
- (anatomy) joint (wrist or ankle)
Inflection
u-stemDeclension of *wristuz (u-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *wristuz | *wristiwiz | |
vocative | *wristu | *wristiwiz | |
accusative | *wristų | *wristunz | |
genitive | *wristauz | *wristiwǫ̂ | |
dative | *wristiwi | *wristumaz | |
instrumental | *wristū | *wristumiz |
Related terms
- *wraistijaną
- *wrīhaną
Descendants
- Old English: wrist, wyrst
- Middle English: wrist, wrest, wryst, virste, wryste, wriste, wyrste, wirste
- English: wrist
- Scots: wrist
- Yola: wrasth, wraste
- Middle English: wrist, wrest, wryst, virste, wryste, wriste, wyrste, wirste
- Old Frisian: wrist, wirst
- North Frisian: wråst
- Old Saxon: *wrist
- Middle Low German: wrist
- German Low German: Wrist
- Middle Low German: wrist
- Old Dutch: *wrist
- Middle Dutch: wrist, wrest
- Old High German: wrist, rist
- Middle High German: rist; riste
- German: Rist
- Middle High German: rist; riste
- Old Norse: rist, vrist
- Icelandic: rist
- Norn: rist
- Old Swedish: vrist
- Swedish: vrist
- Danish: vrist
- Westrobothnian: brist