Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/girį̄

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From *geraz (“greedy”) +‎ *-į̄.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɣi.rĩː/

Noun

*girį̄ f[1]

  1. greed

Inflection

Declension of *girį̄ (īn-stem)
singular plural
nominative *girį̄ *girīniz
vocative *girį̄ *girīniz
accusative *girīnų *girīnunz
genitive *girīniz *girīnǫ̂
dative *girīni *girīmaz
instrumental *girīnē *girīmiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *girī
    • Old Saxon: *giri in fehugiri (“rapacity”)
    • Old High German: girī, ger
      • Middle High German: gir
  • Old East Norse: giri
    • Swedish: girig
    • Norwegian: gīr (dialectal)

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*gerīn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 132
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