*writiz

Runic: ᚹᚱᛁᛏᛁᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈwri.tiz/

noun · masculine · i-stem

Meanings

fissure; crevice; groove
engraving; writing; inscription
stroke; character; letter

Etymology

An i-stem nominal formation from *wrītaną (‘to write’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	writiz	writīz
Acc.	writį	writinz
Gen.	writīz	writjǫ̂
Dat.	writī	writimaz
Inst.	writī	writimiz
Voc.	writi	writīz

Descendants

*writi (Proto-West Germanic)
- riz (Old High German)
  - riʒ (Middle High German)
    - Riss (Hunsrik)
    - Rass (Luxembourgish)
    - rys (Polish)
    - ריס (ris) (Yiddish)
*writi (Proto-West Germanic)
- riz (Old High German)
  - riʒ (Middle High German)
    - Riss, Riß (German)
      - rysa, ryspa (Polish)
        
        рыса (rysa) (Belarusian)
        
        риса (rysa) (Ukrainian)
𐍅𐍂𐌹𐍄𐍃 (writs) (Gothic)

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