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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/rudāną

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁rudʰéh₁ti, from *h₁rewdʰ- (red) (from which also *raudaz).[1]

Verb

*rudāną

  1. to redden (to become red)

Inflection

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *rodēn, *rudēn
    • Old English: rudian
    • Old Saxon: *rodōn
    • Old Dutch: *rodon
    • Old High German: rotēn
  • Old Norse: roða

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*rudēn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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