Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/raih-

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

Alternative reconstructions

*raig-

Etymology

A Germanic root with many similarly-formed descendants and related variants. Kroonen leaves the origin open,^[1] while others have derived the root from a Proto-Indo-European *reyk- (“to tear, scratch; streak”), which appears to be part of a large complex of ambiguously-resolved words that includes Sanskrit लिखति (likhati, “to scratch, write”); see there for more.^[2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈrɑi̯x-/

Noun

*raih- ?

streak; row

Derived terms

*raihō
- Old Norse: *rá
  - Norwegian: rå (dialectal)
*raihsmō
- Old Saxon: *rēsama
  - Middle Low German: rêseme
- Old Dutch: *rēsama
  - Middle Dutch: reesem, rese, reese
    - Dutch: resem
*raigwō, *raiwō
- Old English: rāw, rǣw
  - Middle English: raw, rawe, rewe, rowe
    - English: row
    - Scots: raw
    - Yola: reoue, rooe

Related terms

*rīgō

References

^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*rīhō-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 412
^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) “rikháti”, in Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎^[2] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 58

[1] Guus Kroonen (2013) “*rīhō-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 412

[2] Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) “rikháti”, in Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎^[2] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 58

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