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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wrīban

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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

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Etymology

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Unknown; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wreyp- / *wrīp-, from a labial extension of Proto-Indo-European *wer- (to turn),[1] whence Ancient Greek ῥίπτω (rhíptō, to throw, cast), though this is disputed.[2][3]

Verb

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*wrīban

  1. to rub
  2. to wipe

Inflection

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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

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References

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  1. ^ reiben” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  2. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “u̯reip-, u̯rip-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1159
  3. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ῥίπτω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1287-8