Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wrīban

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

Unknown; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wreyp- / *wrīp-, from a labial extension of Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to turn”), whence Ancient Greek ῥίπτω (rhíptō, “to throw, cast”).

Verb

*wrīban

1. to rub
2. to wipe

Inflection

Strong class 1
Infinitive	*wrīban
1st sg. past	*wraib
3rd pl. past	*wribun
Past ptcple	*wriban
Infinitive	*wrīban
Genitive infin.	*wrībannjas
Dative infin.	*wrībannjē
Instrum. infin.	*wrībannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*wrību	*wraib
2nd singular	*wrībiʀi	*wribī
3rd singular	*wrībidi	*wraib
1st plural	*wrībum	*wribum
2nd plural	*wrībid	*wribud
3rd plural	*wrīband	*wribun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*wrībē	*wribī
2nd singular	*wrībēs	*wribī
3rd singular	*wrībē	*wribī
1st plural	*wrībēm	*wribīm
2nd plural	*wrībēþ	*wribīd
3rd plural	*wrībēn	*wribīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*wrīb
Plural	*wrībid
	Present	Past
Participle	*wrībandī	*wriban

Descendants

• Old Frisian: *wrīva
  • Saterland Frisian: wrieuwe
  • West Frisian: wriuwe
• Old Saxon: wrīvan
  • Middle Low German: wrîven, rîven
    • Dutch Low Saxon:

      Twents: frieuwen

    • German Low German:

      Altmärkisch: riwen

      East Frisian: rieven

      Mecklenburgisch, Pommerellisch, Northern Low Saxon (Bremisch): wriwen

      Schleswig-Holsteinisch: wriewen

      Westphalian:

      Bentheimisch, Dortmundisch, East Westphalian (Lippe), Westmünsterländisch: riewen

      Bentheimisch, Dortmundisch, Westmünsterländisch: friewen

      Sauerländisch: reywen, reyben (Brilon, Wenden), rǖben (Niedersfeld), rīen (Finnentrop, Attendorn, Kirchhundem, Olpe), ruiwen (Meschede)

      East Westphalian: rüiwen (Lippe), wruiben (Ravensberg), rieben (Wedemark)

      Westmünsterländisch: frieben

• Old Dutch: *wrīvan
  • Middle Dutch: wrîven
    • Dutch: wrijven
      • Afrikaans: vryf, vrywe
    • Limburgish: wrieve
• Old High German: rīban, *rīvan, *wrīvan
  • Middle High German: rīben
    • Alemannic German: riibe
    • Central Franconian: rieve, frieve, reive
      • Hunsrik: reive
      • Luxembourgish: reiwen
    • German: reiben
• → Old French: riper
  • Middle French: riper, ripper
    • French: riper

References

“reiben” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache