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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/middjahrif

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 *midi (“middle, mid”) +‎ *hrif (“body, torso”).

Noun

*middjahrif n

  1. midriff

Inflection
z-stem
Singular
Nominative *middjahrif
Genitive *middjahrifiʀi
Singular Plural
Nominative *middjahrif *middjahrifiʀu
Accusative *middjahrif *middjahrifiʀu
Genitive *middjahrifiʀi *middjahrifiʀō
Dative *middjahrifiʀi *middjahrifiʀum
Instrumental *middjahrifiʀi *middjahrifiʀum

Descendants
  • Old English: midhrif, midrif
    • Middle English: midref, mydrif, mydref, midrif
  • Old Frisian: midrof
  • Middle Dutch: *midref
    • Middle Dutch: middelrijf

Further reading
  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hrefiz-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 244: “midja-hrefiz-”
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