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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hrātu
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *hrētō.
Noun
*hrātu f
- honeycomb
Inflection
| ō-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *hrātu | |
| Genitive | *hrātā | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *hrātu | *hrātō |
| Accusative | *hrātā | *hrātā |
| Genitive | *hrātā | *hrātō |
| Dative | *hrātē | *hrātōm |
| Instrumental | *hrātu | *hrātōm |
Descendants
- Old Dutch: rāta
- Middle Dutch: râte
- Dutch: raat
- Middle Dutch: râte
- Old High German: rāza
- Middle High German: Raz
- → Vulgar Latin: *hrata
- Old French: ree, raie (dated abt. 1130)
- Middle French: rayon, royon (“shelf, compartment, honeycomb”)
- French: rayon
- Middle French: rayon, royon (“shelf, compartment, honeycomb”)
- Late Latin: frata (dated 8th-century)
- Old French: ree, raie (dated abt. 1130)