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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.
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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)
- wheel
Inflection
Declension of *raþą (neuter a-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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*raþą
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*raþō
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| vocative
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*raþą
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*raþō
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| accusative
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*raþą
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*raþō
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| genitive
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*raþas, *raþis
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*raþǫ̂
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| dative
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*raþai
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*raþamaz
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| instrumental
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*raþō
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*raþamiz
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Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *raþ
- Old Frisian: reth
- 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
- German: Rad
- Hunsrik: Raat
- Luxembourgish: Rad
- Yiddish: ראָד (rod)
References
- ↑ 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