Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hrugi

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 Proto-Germanic *hrugjaz.

Noun

*hrugi m[1]

back
spine

Inflection

Masculine ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hrugi
Genitive	*hruggjas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hrugi	hruggjō, hruggjōs
Accusative	*hrugi	*hruggjā
Genitive	*hruggjas	*hruggjō
Dative	*hruggjē	*hruggjum
Instrumental	*hruggju	*hruggjum

Descendants

Old English: hryċġ, hriċġ, hrig, hryc, hryg
- Middle English: rig, rigge, rug, ryg, rygge
  - Scots: rig, ridge
  - English: ridge
    - Northumbrian: rig
Old Frisian: *hregg, hreg
- North Frisian: reg
- Saterland Frisian: Rääch
- West Frisian: rêch
Old Saxon: hruggi
- Middle Low German: rügge
  - German Low German: Rügge, Rügg
  - Plautdietsch: Rigjen
Old Dutch: ruggi
- Middle Dutch: rugge
  - Dutch: rug
    - Afrikaans: rug
    - Jersey Dutch: rœx
    - Negerhollands: rugge, rigi, rege
  - Limburgish: rögk
  - West Flemish: rik, rugge
Old High German: rucki, ruggi, hruggi
- Middle High German: rücke

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 213: “PWGmc *hrugi, *hrugʲgʲa-”

[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 213: “PWGmc *hrugi, *hrugʲgʲa-”