Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hreuþaną

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”).

Verb

*hreuþaną

1. to clear, clear away, make room for

Inflection

Conjugation of *hreuþaną (strong class 2)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*hreuþō	*hreuþaų	—	*hreuþai	?
2nd singular	*hriuþizi	*hreuþaiz	*hreuþ	*hreuþazai	*hreuþaizau
3rd singular	*hriuþidi	*hreuþai	*hreuþadau	*hreuþadai	*hreuþaidau
1st dual	*hreuþōz	*hreuþaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*hreuþadiz	*hreuþaidiz	*hreuþadiz	—	—
1st plural	*hreuþamaz	*hreuþaim	—	*hreuþandai	*hreuþaindau
2nd plural	*hriuþid	*hreuþaid	*hriuþid	*hreuþandai	*hreuþaindau
3rd plural	*hreuþandi	*hreuþain	*hreuþandau	*hreuþandai	*hreuþaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*hrauþ	*hrudį̄
2nd singular	*hraust	*hrudīz
3rd singular	*hrauþ	*hrudī
1st dual	*hrudū	*hrudīw
2nd dual	*hrududiz	*hrudīdiz
1st plural	*hrudum	*hrudīm
2nd plural	*hrudud	*hrudīd
3rd plural	*hrudun	*hrudīn
	present	past
participles	*hreuþandz	*hrudanaz

Related terms

• *hrudiz
  • Proto-West Germanic: *hrudi
    • Old English: *hryd
      • ⇒? Old English: hryding
        • Middle English: rudyng, rydyng, riddyng
          • English: ridding, riddance
          • Scots: ridding, riddin
• *hrudjaną
  • Old Norse: hryðja
    • Icelandic: hryðja (verb)
    • Faroese: ryðja (merged with descendant of Proto-Germanic *rudjaną)
  • ⇒ Old Norse: hruðning
• *hrudô
  • Old Norse: hroði

Descendants

• Old Norse: hrjóða
  • Icelandic: hrjóða
  • Faroese: rjóða