Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hrīþô

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

Alternative forms

• *hrittô

Etymology

An originally ablauting n-stem derived from *hriþaną (“to sift”), originally ("to shake").

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxriː.θɔːː/

Noun

*hrīþô m

1. fever, shaking, shivering

Inflection

Ablauting n-stem with Verner's law and Kluge's law consonant alternations.

masculine an-stemDeclension of *hrīþô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*hrīþô	*hrīþaniz
vocative	*hrīþô	*hrīþaniz
accusative	*hrīþanų	*hrittunz
genitive	*hrittaz	*hrittǫ̂
dative	*hridini	*hridummaz
instrumental	*hrittē	*hridummiz

Descendants

• Old Saxon: hrido
• Middle Dutch: ridde, rede
• Old High German: rīdo, (dative) riten, ritto
  • Middle High German: rite, ritte

References

• Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN