Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/wreyt-

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 *wreyḱ- (“to twist, bend”), perhaps continuing an earlier root *wrey-.^[1]

Root

*wreyt-^[2]

to twist

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *wreyt- (5 c, 0 e)

*wréyt-e-ti (thematic root present)
- Proto-Germanic: *wrīþaną (see there for further descendants)
*writ-e-ti (thematic zero-grade root present?)
- Balto-Slavic:
  - Latvian: rist
  - Lithuanian: rìsti
  - Proto-Slavic: *rьtь
    - Proto-Slavic: *rьtǫtь (see there for further descendants)
*wréyt-ye-ti (ye-present)
- Balto-Slavic:
  - Latvian: rìest
  - Lithuanian: riẽsti (riečiù)
*wreyt-eh₁ye-ti (eh₁-stative)
- Balto-Slavic:
  - Lithuanian: rietė́ti
*wróyt-os
- Proto-Germanic: *wraiþaz (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*wristiz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 472
^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*wrīþan- ~ *wrītan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 597

[1] Vladimir Orel (2003) “*wristiz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 472

[2] Guus Kroonen (2013) “*wrīþan- ~ *wrītan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 597

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