Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/raudō

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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-West Germanic

Etymology

Compare dialectal Swedish rudda (“abomasum”) and Persian ‎ (rude, “intestines”).

Noun

*raudō m

abomasum
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Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*raudō
Genitive	*raudini
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*raudō	*raudan
Accusative	*raudan	*raudan
Genitive	*raudini	*raudanō
Dative	*raudini	*raudum
Instrumental	*raudini	*raudum

Descendants

Old English: rēada
- Middle English: rede
  - English: reed, read
  - Scots: reid, reed
Old Frisian: *rād, *rāda
- North Frisian: ruad (Föhr-Amrum)
- West Frisian: rêd
Old Dutch: *rōdo
- Middle Dutch: *rôde
  - Dutch: rood, ro, rooi (dialectal)
Old Saxon: *rōdo
- Middle Low German: *rôde
  - German Low German: Rode, Roon
    - → Danish: roden (obsolete)
    - → German: Roden (regional)

References

“reed, n.²”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, September 2009.