Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/risi

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Alternative forms

• *wrisi

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *risiz.

Noun

*risi m

1. giant

   Synonyms: *anti, *etun, *þuris

Inflection

i-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*risi
Genitive	*risī
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*risi	*risī
Accusative	*risi	*risī
Genitive	*risī	*rissjō
Dative	*risī	*risim, *rissjum
Instrumental	*risī	*risim, *rissjum

Derived terms

• >? *wrisijō (“giant”) (+ *-ijō)
  • Old Saxon: wrisio
  • >? Old High German: riso
• >? *wrisil (“giant, hero”) (+ *-il)
  • Old Saxon: wrisil
  • Old Dutch: wrisil

Descendants

• Old Frisian: *rise
  • Saterland Frisian: Riese
  • West Frisian: reis
• Old Saxon: *risi, *wrisi
  • Middle Low German: rêse
    • German Low German:

      Bentheimisch: Ries

      Westmünsterländisch: Riese

  • ⇒? Old Saxon: wrisilīk (“giant”, adjective)
  • ⇒? Old Saxon: wrisilīko (“gigantic”, adverb)
• Old Dutch: *risi
  • Middle Dutch: rêse, rôse, ruese
    • Dutch: reus
      • Afrikaans: reus
      • → West Frisian: reus
• Old High German: risi
  • Middle High German: rise
    • German: Riese
    • Luxembourgish: Ris