Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wristuz

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

Nominal formation related to *wrīþaną (“to weave, twist”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwris.tuz/

Noun

*wristuz m

(anatomy) joint (wrist or ankle)

Inflection

Declension of *wristuz (u-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*wristuz	*wristiwiz
vocative	*wristu	*wristiwiz
accusative	*wristų	*wristunz
genitive	*wristauz	*wristiwǫ̂
dative	*wristiwi	*wristumaz
instrumental	*wristū	*wristumiz

Related terms

Descendants

Old English: wrist, wyrst
- Middle English: wrist, wryst, wryste, wriste, wyrste, wirste, virste, wrest, wreste, wrost
  - English: wrist
  - Scots: wrist
  - Yola: wrasth, wraste
  - → Irish: rosta (from the alternative form wrost)
Old Frisian: wrist, wirst
- North Frisian: wråst
Old Saxon: *wrist
- Middle Low German: wrist
  - German Low German: Wrist
Old Dutch: *wrist
- Middle Dutch: wrist, wrest
Old High German: wrist, rist
- Middle High German: rist; riste
  - German: Rist
Old Norse: rist, vrist
- Icelandic: rist
- Norn: rist
- Old Swedish: vrist
  - Swedish: vrist
- Danish: vrist

References

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

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

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