wrist

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English wrist, from Old English wrist, from Proto-West Germanic *wristu, from Proto-Germanic *wristuz (compare Old Frisian wrist, Low German Wrist, German Rist (“back of hand, instep, withers”), Swedish vrist), from Proto-Germanic *wrīþaną (“to twist, turn”). More at writhe. === Pronunciation === enPR: rĭst, IPA(key): /ɹɪst/ Rhymes: -ɪst === Noun === wrist (plural wrists) (anatomy) The complex joint between forearm bones, carpus, and metacarpals where the hand is attached to the arm; the carpus in a narrow sense. (engineering) A stud or pin which forms a journal. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === wrist (third-person singular simple present wrists, present participle wristing, simple past and past participle wristed) (ice hockey) To hit a wrist shot. === See also === wrist on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === writs == Middle English == === Alternative forms === wryst, wryste, wriste, wyrste, wirste, virste wrest, wreste, wrost === Etymology === From Old English wrist, wyrst, from Proto-Germanic *wristuz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /wrist/, /wirst/, /wrɛst/ === Noun === wrist (plural wrystes) wrist (joint attaching the arm to the hand) (rare) The joint at the ankle. ==== Descendants ==== English: wrist Scots: wrist Yola: wrasth, wraste → Irish: rosta (from the alternative form wrost) ==== References ==== “wrist, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 15 May 2018. == Old English == === Alternative forms === wyrst === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *wristuz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /wrist/ Rhymes: -ist === Noun === wrist f wrist ==== Declension ==== This noun needs an inflection-table template. ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: wrist, wryst, wryste, wriste, wyrste, wirste, virste, wrest, wreste, wrostEnglish: wristScots: wristYola: wrasth, wraste→ Irish: rosta (from the alternative form wrost)