Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hrinþiʀ

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

Rebuilt from *hrinþiʀu, nominative plural of *hrinþ (“head of cattle”).

Noun

*hrinþiʀ m

(Anglo-Frisian Germanic) cattle
Synonym: *hrinþ

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hrinþiʀ
Genitive	*hrinþiʀas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hrinþiʀ	hrinþiʀō, hrinþiʀōs
Accusative	*hrinþiʀ	*hrinþiʀā
Genitive	*hrinþiʀas	*hrinþiʀō
Dative	*hrinþiʀē	*hrinþiʀum
Instrumental	*hrinþiʀu	*hrinþiʀum

Descendants

Old English: hrīþer, hrūþer, hrȳþer
- Middle English: rother, reother, rither, rether
  - English: rother
Old Frisian: hrīther, hrēther
- North Frisian: ridder
- West Frisian: rier

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