Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/rudą

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From *reudaną (“to clear”).[1]

Noun

*rudą n[1]

  1. clearing, glade

Inflection

Declension of *rudą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *rudą *rudō
vocative *rudą *rudō
accusative *rudą *rudō
genitive *rudas, *rudis *rudǫ̂
dative *rudai *rudamaz
instrumental *rudō *rudamiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *rod, *rodu f
    • Old English: rodu (< *rodu)
      • Middle English: *rode
        • English: royd (Yorkshire)
    • Old Frisian: rothe (< *rodu)
    • Old Saxon: roth
    • Old High German: rod
  • Old Norse: ruð
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: -rud (in place names), Rud, Ruud (surname)
    • Old Swedish: rudh
      • Swedish: rud (dated)
    • Old Danish: ruth
      • Danish: rud (dialectal)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003), “*ruđan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 307
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