Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/raþą

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 *Hróth₂om or *Hrótom, from the root *Hreth₂- or *Hret- (to roll).[1] Compare Latin rota, perhaps from the collective of the same word.

Noun

*raþą n[1](West Germanic)

  1. wheel

Inflection

Declension of *raþą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *raþą *raþō
vocative *raþą *raþō
accusative *raþą *raþō
genitive *raþas, *raþis *raþǫ̂
dative *raþai *raþamaz
instrumental *raþō *raþamiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *raþ
    • Old Frisian: reth
      • West Frisian: rêd
    • Old Saxon: rath
      • Middle Low German: rat
        • German Low German: Rad
        • Plautdietsch: Raut
        • Swedish: ratt
        • Norwegian Bokmål: ratt
        • Norwegian Nynorsk: ratt
        • Danish: rat
        • Elfdalian: ratt
    • Old Dutch: *rath
    • Old High German: rad
      • Middle High German: rat

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*raþa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 405