Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hrif

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 *hrefaz.

Noun

*hrif n[1]

womb
Synonym: *wambu

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hrif
Genitive	*hrifas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hrif	*hrifu
Accusative	*hrif	*hrifu
Genitive	*hrifas	*hrifō
Dative	*hrifē	*hrifum
Instrumental	*hrifu	*hrifum

Derived terms

*midihrif
- Old English: midhrif
  - Middle English: midhrif, midrif, midref
    - English: midriff
- Old Frisian: midhrif, midhref
*midlahrif
- Old Saxon: *middilhrif
  - Middle Low German: middelrif
- Old Dutch: *middilref
  - Middle Dutch: middelrif
    - Dutch: middenrif

Descendants

Old English: hrif
- Middle English: *rif
  - English: riff
Old Frisian: hrif, href
- ⇒ Old Frisian: inhrif, inhref
Old Saxon: *hrif
- Middle Low German: rif, ref
  - German Low German: Riff
Old Dutch: ref
- Middle Dutch: *rif
  - Dutch: rif
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”

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[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”