Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/rūtā

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rūta (“rue”).[1][2]

Noun

*rūtā f

rue, common rue (Ruta graveolens)
Synonym: *wīnarūtā

Declension

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*rūtā
Genitive	*rūtōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*rūtā	*rūtōn
Accusative	*rūtōn	*rūtōn
Genitive	*rūtōn	*rūtōnō
Dative	*rūtōn	*rūtōm
Instrumental	*rūtōn	*rūtōm

Derived terms

*abrūtā (partially)
*wīnarūtā

Descendants

Old English: rūde, rūte, rūta
- Middle English: rude, rute
Old Saxon: rūta
- Middle Low German: rūte, rūde
  - German Low German: Rute
  - → Danish: rude
  - → Norwegian: rute
  - → Swedish: ruta
Old Dutch: *rūta
- Middle Dutch: rūte
  - Dutch: ruit
Old High German: rūta
- Middle High German: rūte
  - German: Raute

References

Friedrich Kluge (1989), “Raute²”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 585
de Vries, Jan (1971), “ruit 2”, in Nederlands etymologisch woordenboek [Dutch etymological dictionary] (in Dutch), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN

[1] Friedrich Kluge (1989), “Raute²”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 585

[2] Vries, Jan (1971), “ruit 2”, in Nederlands etymologisch woordenboek [Dutch etymological dictionary] (in Dutch), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN