Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/wreyḱ-

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

*wreyḱ-[1]

to twist
to bend

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *wreyḱ-‎ (4 c, 0 e)

*wréyḱ-e-ti (thematic root present)
- Proto-Balto-Slavic:
  - Old Prussian: perrēist (prefixed)
- Proto-Germanic: *wrīhaną
*wriḱ-yé-ti (zero-grade ye-present)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *wrićyáti
  - Proto-Iranian: *wricyáti
    - Avestan: 𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬌𐬯𐬌𐬀 (uruuisia)
*wreyḱ-eh₂
- Proto-Balto-Slavic:
  - Lithuanian: ríeša
- Proto-Italic: *reikā
  - Latin: rīca
*wriḱ-nó-s
- Proto-Hellenic: *wriknós
  - Ancient Greek: ῥικνός (rhiknós, “crooked, shriveled”)
*wréyḱ-ō ~ *wriḱ-n-és
- Proto-Germanic: *wrīhô
*wreyḱ-o-s
- Proto-Balto-Slavic:
  - Lithuanian: ríešas
*wróyḱ-o-s
- Proto-Germanic: *wraihaz
- Proto-Hellenic: *wroykós
  - Ancient Greek: ῥοικός (rhoikós)

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

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[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN