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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hradō
Proto-West Germanic
Alternative forms
- *hraþō
Etymology
From *hrad (“quick”) + *-ō (adverbial suffix).
Adverb
*hradō
- quickly, hastily
Descendants
- Old English: hraþe, hraðe, hræþe, hræðe, hreðe, raðe, raþe, ræðe, ræþe
- Middle English: rathe, rade, rath, raþ, raþe, rauth; hraþe, hraþa, raðæ, raðe, ræðe, ræðen, reaðe, reðe
- English: rathe, rath (obsolete)
- Middle Scots: rathe, rath
- ⇒ Old English: hraþor
- Middle English: rathere, rathar, rathir, rathur, rathre, rether; ræðer, hraþar, reaðere, redþer, rader, radder, radir, ratherne, raþeren
- English: rather
- Scots: rather
- Yola: rether
- Middle English: rathere, rathar, rathir, rathur, rathre, rether; ræðer, hraþar, reaðere, redþer, rader, radder, radir, ratherne, raþeren
- Middle English: rathe, rade, rath, raþ, raþe, rauth; hraþe, hraþa, raðæ, raðe, ræðe, ræðen, reaðe, reðe
- Old Saxon: *hratho
- Middle Low German: rade
- German Low German: radd, ratt
- Middle Low German: rade
- Old High German: hrado, hrato, rado, rato
- Middle High German: rade
- ⇒ Old High German: girado
- Middle High German: gerade, gerat
- Alemannic German: grad
- Bavarian: grad, grod, grood
- German: gerade (colloquial gerad, grad)
- Luxembourgish: grad
- Yiddish: גראַד (grad), גראַדע (grade)
- Middle High German: gerade, gerat