Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wringaną
Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editProbably related to Lithuanian rangýti (“to writhe”), pointing to Proto-Indo-European *wrengʰ-. If related to Ancient Greek ῥίμφα (rhímpha, “quickly, fast”), the root is to be reconstructed as *wrengʷʰ-.[1]
Pronunciation
editVerb
editInflection
editConjugation of *wringaną (strong class 3)
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Old English: wringan
- Old Frisian: *wringa
- Old Saxon: wringan
- Old Dutch: *wringan
- Old High German: ringan
References
edit- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ῥίμφα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1286
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*wringan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 596
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*wrenʒanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 472