Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/wreyḱ-

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Etymology

Has been implicitly suggested to be related to *wreyt- (“to twist”), perhaps continuing an earlier root *wrey-.

Root

*wreyḱ-

1. to twist
2. to bend

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *wreyḱ- (4 c, 0 e)

• *wréyḱ-e-ti (thematic root present)
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic:
    • Old Prussian: perrēist (prefixed)
  • Proto-Germanic: *wrīhaną
• *wriḱ-yé-ti (zero-grade ye-present)
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *wrićyáti
    • >? Sanskrit: वृश्यति (vṛśyáti, “to choose, select”) (only mentioned in Dhatupatha) (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)
    • Proto-Iranian: *wricyáti
      • Avestan: 𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬌𐬯𐬌𐬀 (uruuisia)
• *wreyḱ-eh₂
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic:
    • Lithuanian: ríeša
  • Proto-Italic: *reikā
    • Latin: rīca
• *wriḱ-nó-s
  • Proto-Hellenic: *wriknós
    • Ancient Greek: ῥικνός (rhiknós, “crooked, shriveled”)
• *wréyḱ-ō ~ *wriḱ-n-és
  • Proto-Germanic: *wrīhô
• *wreyḱ-o-s
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic:
    • Lithuanian: ríešas
• *wróyḱ-o-s
  • Proto-Germanic: *wraihaz
  • Proto-Hellenic: *wroykós
    • Ancient Greek: ῥοικός (rhoikós)

Unsorted formations

• Sanskrit: व्रेशी (vréśī, name of waters)