Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hraiwą

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 Pre-Proto-Germanic *krow-yóm (by metathesis), derived from Proto-Indo-European *kréwh₂s (“blood (outside of the body)”), root noun of Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂-.

Noun

*hraiwą n

body, corpse, carcass

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *hraiwą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*hraiwą	*hraiwō
vocative	*hraiwą	*hraiwō
accusative	*hraiwą	*hraiwō
genitive	hraiwas, hraiwis	*hraiwǫ̂
dative	*hraiwai	*hraiwamaz
instrumental	*hraiwō	*hraiwamiz

Descendants

Old English: hrāw, hrā, hrǣw
Old Frisian: hrē-
Old Saxon: hrēu, hrēo
Old Dutch:
- Middle Dutch: ree
  - Dutch: reeuw
Old High German: *rēo
- Middle High German: rē
Old Norse: hræ
- Icelandic: hræ
- Faroese: ræ
⇒ Gothic: 𐌷𐍂𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌳𐌿𐌱𐍉 (hraiwadubō, “turtle-dove”)

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