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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/midjahrif

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

*midjahrif n

  1. midriff

Inflection
z-stem
Singular
Nominative *midjahrif
Genitive *midjahrifiʀi
Singular Plural
Nominative *midjahrif *midjahrifiʀu
Accusative *midjahrif *midjahrifiʀu
Genitive *midjahrifiʀi *midjahrifiʀō
Dative *midjahrifiʀi *midjahrifiʀum
Instrumental *midjahrifiʀi *midjahrifiʀum

Descendants
  • Old English: midhrif, midrif
  • Old Frisian: midrof
  • Dutch: middenrif

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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