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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/rōu
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *rōwō.
Noun
*rōu f
- calm, quiet
- rest, repose
Inflection
wō-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *rōu | |
Genitive | *rōwā | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *rōu | *rōwō |
Accusative | *rōwā | *rōwā |
Genitive | *rōwā | *rōwō |
Dative | *rōwē | *rōwōm, *rōum |
Instrumental | *rōu | *rōwōm, *rōum |
Descendants
- Old English: rōw, rō
- Middle English: ro, rou, rowe, roo
- English: roo
- Scots: ro, ruve
- Middle English: ro, rou, rowe, roo
- Old Saxon: *rōwa
- Middle Low German: rôwe
- German Low German:
- Altmärkisch, Westphalian (Bentheimisch): Raue
- Westphalian:
- Sauerländisch: Rugge, Riu (Sundern), Rūre (Wenden)
- Westmünsterländisch: Ruhe
- East Westphalian: Riuhe (Lippisch), Rue (Wedemarkisch)
- →? Saterland Frisian: Raue
- German Low German:
- Middle Low German: rôwe
- Old Dutch: *ruowa
- Middle Dutch: rowe, rouwe
- Old High German: ruowa
- Middle High German: ruowe, rouwe, ruo
- German: Ruhe
- Alemannic German: Ruew
- Hunsrik: Ruh
- Luxembourgish: Rou
- Yiddish: רו (ru)
- Middle High German: ruowe, rouwe, ruo