Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hraiwą

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Pre-Proto-Germanic *krow-yóm (by metathesis), derived from Proto-Indo-European *kréwh₂s (“blood (outside of the body)”), root noun of Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂-.

Noun

*hraiwą n

1. body, corpse, carcass

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *hraiwą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*hraiwą	*hraiwō
vocative	*hraiwą	*hraiwō
accusative	*hraiwą	*hraiwō
genitive	*hraiwas, *hraiwis	*hraiwǫ̂
dative	*hraiwai	*hraiwamaz
instrumental	*hraiwō	*hraiwamiz

Descendants

• Old English: hrāw, hrā, hrǣw
• Old Frisian: hrē-
• Old Saxon: hrēu, hrēo
• Old Dutch:
  • Middle Dutch: ree
    • Dutch: reeuw
• Old High German: *rēo
  • Middle High German: rē
• Old Norse: hræ
  • Icelandic: hræ
  • Faroese: ræ
• ⇒ Gothic: 𐌷𐍂𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌳𐌿𐌱𐍉 (hraiwadubō, “turtle-dove”)
• → Proto-Finnic: *räivä (see there for further descendants)