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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/midjahrif
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From *midi (“middle, mid”) + *hrif (“body, torso”).
Noun
*midjahrif n
- midriff
Inflection
| z-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *midjahrif | |
| Genitive | *midjahrifiʀi | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *midjahrif | *midjahrifiʀu |
| Accusative | *midjahrif | *midjahrifiʀu |
| Genitive | *midjahrifiʀi | *midjahrifiʀō |
| Dative | *midjahrifiʀi | *midjahrifiʀum |
| Instrumental | *midjahrifiʀi | *midjahrifiʀum |
Descendants
- Old English: midhrif, midrif
- English: midriff
- Old Frisian: midrof
- Dutch: middenrif
Further reading
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*hrefiz-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 244: “midja-hrefiz-”