Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *risizScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_risiz
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ῥίονpeak, summit*wers-hill, topverrūcawart; hillockवर्स्मन्height, top*vьrxъtopryecity, town
nounmasculinei-stema giantUnknown. Possibly a zero-grade derivative of *rīsaną (‘to scale, rise’).On the basis of Old Dutch wrisil (‘hero’) and Old Saxon wrisilīk (‘gigantic’), this form is sometimes reconstructed as *wrisi-, and then either from Proto-Indo-European *wreyh₁- (thus related to Ancient Greek ῥίον (rhíon, ‘peak, summit’), and perhaps Tocharian A ri, Tocharian B rye (‘city, town’), Thracian βρία (bría, ‘city, wall’)), or from Proto-Indo-European *wers- (‘hill, top’) (perhaps whence Latin verrūca (‘wart; hillock’), Sanskrit वर्स्मन् (vársman, ‘height, top’), Proto-Slavic *vьrxъ (‘top’)). However, this derivation is problematic as there is no sign of an initial cluster wr- in any of the descendants that otherwise preserve it (northern West Germanic and Old East Norse).