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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.
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *rōō.
Noun
*rōu f
- calm, quiet
- rest, repose
Inflection
| wō-stem
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Singular
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*rō
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| Genitive
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*rōā
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*rō
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*rōō
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| Accusative
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*rōā
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*rōā
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| Genitive
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*rōā
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*rōō
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| Dative
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*rōē
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*rōōm, *rōm
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| Instrumental
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*rō
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*rōōm, *rōm
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Derived terms
Descendants
- Old English: rōw, rō
- Old Saxon: *rōwa
- Middle Low German: rôwe
- German Low German:
- Altmärkisch, Westphalian (Bentheimisch): Raue
- Westphalian:
- Sauerländisch: Rugge, Riu (Sundern), Rūre (Wenden)
- Westmünsterländisch: Ruhe
- East Westphalian: Riuhe (Lippisch), Rue (Wedemarkisch)
- →? Saterland Frisian: Raue
- Old Dutch: ruowa
- Old High German: ruowa
- Middle High German: ruowe, rouwe, ruo
- German: Ruhe
- Alemannic German: Ruew
- Hunsrik: Ruh
- Luxembourgish: Rou
- Yiddish: רו (ru)