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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/rudjaną

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 *rudą (a clearing) + *-janą, from Proto-Indo-European *(H)rewH- (to dig out), see also Latin ruo (I dig out), Proto-Slavic *rъvati (to tear).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈruð.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*rudjaną[2]

  1. to clear
  2. to strip

Inflection

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *ruddjan
    • Old English: aryddan
    • Old English: ġeryddan
  • Old Norse: ryðja, hryðja
    • Faroese: ryðja
    • Icelandic: ryðja
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: rydja, ; (dialectal) rya, rua, rudjø, rødja, rødda, røa, ræa
    • Old Swedish: ryþia, rydhia, rödhia
    • Old Danish: ryddæ

References

  1. van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “rode”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
  2. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*ruđjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 307
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