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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/midjahriþrī
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
Metathesized from earlier Proto-Germanic *midjahirþrī, perhaps under the influence of *midjahrif (“midrif”), from *midi (“middle, mid”) + *herþr (“intestines; chest”) + *-ī.
Noun
*midjahriþrī n
- diaphragm
Inflection
| Neuter ja-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *midjahriþrī | |
| Genitive | *midjahriþrijas | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *midjahriþrī | *midjahriþriju |
| Accusative | *midjahriþrī | *midjahriþriju |
| Genitive | *midjahriþrijas | *midjahriþrijō |
| Dative | *midjahriþrijē | *midjahriþrijum |
| Instrumental | *midjahriþriju | *midjahriþrijum |
Descendants
- Old English: midhriþere
- Old Frisian: midrith, midrhether
Further reading
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*hreþrja-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 246