Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hreuwu

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 *hreuwan (“to cause pain, regret”) +‎ *-u.

Noun

*hreuwu f^[1]

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hreuwu
Genitive	*hreuwā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hreuwu	*hreuwō
Accusative	*hreuwā	*hreuwā
Genitive	*hreuwā	*hreuwō
Dative	*hreuwē	hreuwōm, hreuwum
Instrumental	*hreuwu	hreuwōm, hreuwum

Derived terms

*hriuwisōn

Descendants

Old English: hrēow
- Middle English: rewe
  - English: rue (archaic)
  - Scots: rew, rue
Old Frisian: hrīowe
- West Frisian: rouwe
Old Saxon: hreuwa
- Middle Low German: ruwe, rouwe
  - → Norwegian Bokmål: ruelse
Old Dutch: *reuwa
- Middle Dutch: ruwe, rouwe
  - Dutch: rouw
    - Afrikaans: rou
Old High German: hriuwa, riuwa
- Middle High German: riuwe
  - German: Reue
  - Hunsrik: Rei
  - Luxembourgish: Rei

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 130: “PWGmc *hreuwu”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 130: “PWGmc *hreuwu”

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