Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hrau

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

From Proto-Germanic *hrawaz, from Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂-.

Adjective

*hrau^[1]

raw

Inflection

wa-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*hrau
Genitive	*hrawas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*hrau	*hrau	*hrau
Accusative	*hrawanā	*hrawā	*hrau
Genitive	*hrawas	*hraweʀā	*hrawas
Dative	*hraumē	*hraweʀē	*hraumē
Instrumental	*hrau	*hraweʀu	*hrau
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*hrawē	*hrawō	*hrau
Accusative	*hrawā	*hrawā	*hrau
Genitive	*hraweʀō	*hraweʀō	*hraweʀō
Dative	hrawēm, hraum	hrawēm, hraum	hrawēm, hraum
Instrumental	hrawēm, hraum	hrawēm, hraum	hrawēm, hraum

Descendants

Old English: hrēaw, hrǣw
- Middle English: rawe, raw, rau, rauȝ, raugh, rae, ra, rowe
  - English: raw
  - Scots: raw
Old Frisian: *hrā, *hrē
- Saterland Frisian: räi
- West Frisian: rau
Old Saxon: hrāo
- Middle Low German: rō
Old Dutch: *rao, *rō
- Middle Dutch: roo, rou, raeu
  - Dutch: rauw
    - Afrikaans: rou
Old High German: rō, hrō, rao, rāo
- Middle High German: rō, rōch, rou, rā
  - Central Franconian: rüh, rieh, reh
    - Luxembourgish: réi
  - German: roh
  - Yiddish: רוי (roy)

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 173: “PWGmc *hrau, *hraw-”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 173: “PWGmc *hrau, *hraw-”

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