Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hrif

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 Proto-Germanic *hrefaz.

Noun

*hrif n[1]

womb

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Old English: hrif
- Middle English: *rif
  - English: riff
- ⇒ Old English: midhrif
  - Middle English: midhrif, midrif, midref
    - English: midriff
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
Old Dutch: ref
- Middle Dutch: *rif
  - Dutch: rif
  - ⇒ Middle Dutch: middelrif
    - Dutch: middenrif
Old High German: href

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 35: “PWGmc *hri/ef”

[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 35: “PWGmc *hri/ef”