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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hrugi

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

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hrugjaz.

Noun

*hrugi m[1]

  1. back
  2. spine

Inflection

Masculine ja-stem
Singular
Nominative *hrugi
Genitive *hruggjas
Singular Plural
Nominative *hrugi *hruggjō, *hruggjōs
Accusative *hrugi *hruggjā
Genitive *hruggjas *hruggjō
Dative *hruggjē *hruggjum
Instrumental *hruggju *hruggjum

Descendants

  • Old English: hryċġ, hriċġ, hrig, hryc, hryg
    • Middle English: rig, rigge, rug, ryg, rygge
  • Old Frisian: *hregg, hreg
  • Old Saxon: hruggi
  • Old Dutch: ruggi
  • Old High German: rucki, ruggi, hruggi

References

  1. Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 213:PWGmc *hrugi, *hrugʲgʲa-
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