Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/wreyd-

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This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Root

*wreyd-

to scratch, carve

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *wreyd-‎ (2 c, 0 e)

*wréyd-e-ti (thematic root present)^[1]
- Proto-Germanic: *wrītaną (see there for further descendants)
*wrid-néh₂-ti ~ *wrid-n̥h₂-énti (neh₂-iterative)^[2]
- Proto-Germanic: *writtōną (see there for further descendants)
*wroyd-éye-ti (causative)
- Proto-Germanic: *wraitijaną (“to vex, excite”)^[3] (see there for further descendants)
*wríd-i-s (i-stem noun)
- Proto-Germanic: *writiz (“scratch, carving, engraving; crack, fissure”)^[4] (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*wrītan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 596–597
^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*writtōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 597
^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*wraitjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 594
^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*writi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 597

[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*wrītan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 596–597

[2] Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*writtōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 597

[3] Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*wraitjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 594

[4] Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*writi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 597

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