Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/rod

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

Alternative forms

  • *rodu f

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *rudą, from *reudaną (“to clear”) (Proto-West Germanic *reudan).[1]

Noun

*rod n

  1. clearing, glade

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
Singular
Nominative *rod
Genitive *rodas
Singular Plural
Nominative *rod *rodu
Accusative *rod *rodu
Genitive *rodas *rodō
Dative *rodē *rodum
Instrumental *rodu *rodum

Descendants

  • Old English: rodu (< *rodu)
    • Middle English: *rode
      • English: royd (Yorkshire)
  • Old Frisian: rothe (< *rodu)
  • Old Saxon: roth
  • Old High German: rod

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*ruđan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 307
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