u̯er-3: I. u̯r-ei-: ζ) u̯reit-

English meaning                      to turn

German meaning                     `drehen'

Grammatical comments         

General comments                 

Derivatives                             

Material                                   Aschwed. vrīþa, aisl. rīða `drehen, wringen, winden, knüpfen', ags. wrī-ðan, ahd. rīdan `drehen, winden, binden', ags. wriða m. `Zügel, Ring'; aisl. riðull `Büschel', isl. riðill `walziges Holzstück zum Netzbinden', ahd. ridil m. `Haarband, Kopfband'; ags. wrǣð, wrǣð f. `Band, Bündel', mnd. wrēden `zusammendrehen', ahd. reid, reidi `lockig, kraus'; mit der Bed. `zornrunzelnd' aisl. reiðr `zornig', ags. wrāð `zornig, feindlich, heftig', as. wrēth, mnd. wrēt ds.;

                lit. riečiù (*reiti̯ō), riẽsti `winden, wickeln, rollen', lett. riešu, riest `abfallen, sich abtrennen', davon lit. rietė́ti `auskriechen', ablautend ritù, -aũ, rìsti `rollen, wälzen', lett. ritu, rist ds., Iterativ lit. ráičioti `hin- und herrollen';

                eine Nebenform mit germ. t (lautlich beeinflußt von wrītan `reißen'?) in älter ndrhein. wrīten `drehen, verdrehen, wringen', ndl. wrijten `drehen'.

References                              WP. I 279 f., Trautmann 242.

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