Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hriþiz

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

• *hriþô

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kret- (“to shake; quiver; tremble”). Compare Welsh cryd (“fever”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxri.θiz/

Noun

*hriþiz m

1. trembling; the shakes; the shivers
2. fever; ague

Inflection

Declension of *hriþiz (i-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	*hriþiz	*hriþīz
vocative	*hriþi	*hriþīz
accusative	*hriþį	*hriþinz
genitive	*hriþīz	*hriþjǫ̂
dative	*hriþī	*hriþimaz
instrumental	*hriþī	*hriþimiz

Related terms

• *hreþaną
• *hriþjaną
• *hriþō

Descendants

• Old English: hriþ; hriþing
• Old Saxon: hrido
  • Middle Low German: rēde
• Old Dutch: *rido
  • Middle Dutch: rēde
    • Dutch: rede
• Old High German: rito, ritto
  • Middle High German: rite
    • German: Ritte (obsolete)
• Old Norse: riða (< *hriþǭ)
  • Icelandic: riða
  • Old Swedish: rīdha