*wristuz

Runic: ᚹᚱᛁᛊᛏᚢᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈwris.tuz/

noun · masculine · u-stem

Meanings

joint (wrist or ankle)

Etymology

Nominal formation related to *wrīþaną (‘to weave, twist’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	wristuz	wristiwiz
Acc.	wristų	wristunz
Gen.	wristauz	wristiwǫ̂
Dat.	wristiwi	wristumaz
Inst.	wristū	wristumiz
Voc.	wristu	wristiwiz

Descendants

wrist (Old English)
- wrist, wryst, wryste, wriste, wyrste, wirste, virste, wrest, wreste, wrost (Middle English)
  - wrist (English)
  - rosta (Irish)
  - wrist (Scots)
  - wrasth, wraste (Yola)
wyrst (Old English)
- wrist, wryst, wryste, wriste, wyrste, wirste, virste, wrest, wreste, wrost (Middle English)
  - wrist (English)
  - rosta (Irish)
  - wrist (Scots)
  - wrasth, wraste (Yola)
wrist (Old Frisian)
- wråst (North Frisian)
wirst (Old Frisian)
- wråst (North Frisian)
*wrist (Old Saxon)
- wrist (Middle Low German)
  - Wrist (German Low German)
*wrist (Old Dutch)
- wrist, wrest (Middle Dutch)
wrist (Old High German)
- rist, riste (Middle High German)
  - Rist (German)
rist (Old High German)
- rist, riste (Middle High German)
  - Rist (German)
rist (Old Norse)
- vrist (Danish)
- rist (Icelandic)
- rist (Norn)
rist (Old Norse)
- vrist (Old Swedish)
  - vrist (Swedish)
vrist (Old Norse)
- vrist (Danish)
- rist (Icelandic)
- rist (Norn)
vrist (Old Norse)
- vrist (Old Swedish)
  - vrist (Swedish)

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