Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ruts

This Proto-Celtic 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-Celtic

Etymology

Root noun from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (“red”).

Noun

*ruts m

1. red colour
2. madder (Rubia tinctorum)

Inflection

Masculine/feminine consonant stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ruts	*rude	*rudes
vocative	*ruts	*rude	*rudes
accusative	*rudam	*rude	*rudams
genitive	*rudos	*rudou	*rudom
dative	*rudei	*rudobom	*rudobos
locative	*rudi	—	—
instrumental	*rude?	*rudobim	*rudobis

Related terms

• *roudos
• *rundeti

Descendants

• Old Irish: rú (“madder, a plant from which red dye is produced”)
  • Middle Irish: rú
    • ⇒ Irish: rú Mhuire (“lady's bedstraw”)