Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/rōdō

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

Alternative forms

• *rōdǭ (Northern)

Etymology

Uncertain; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *reh₁t- (“post”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɔː.ðɔː/

Noun

*rōdō f

1. rod, pole

   Synonyms: *furkaz, *galgô, *mastaz, *skaftaz, *spaluz, *spīrǭ, *stauraz, *tainaz

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *rōdō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*rōdō	*rōdôz
vocative	*rōdō	*rōdôz
accusative	*rōdǭ	*rōdōz
genitive	*rōdōz	*rōdǫ̂
dative	*rōdōi	*rōdōmaz
instrumental	*rōdō	*rōdōmiz

Descendants

• Old English: rōd
  • Middle English: rod, roode, rood
    • Scots: rude, ruid
    • English: rood
• Old Frisian: rōd; rōde
  • Saterland Frisian: Roue
  • West Frisian: roede
• Old Saxon: rōda, ruoda
  • Middle Low German: rôde
    • German Low German: Rood, Roo, Roe
• Old Dutch: ruoda
  • Middle Dutch: rude, roede
    • Dutch: roede, roe
• Old High German: ruota
  • Middle High German: ruote
    • German: Rute
    • Luxembourgish: Rutt
• Old Norse: róða (< *rōdǭ)
  • Icelandic: róða
  • Norwegian: roda
  • Danish: rode

References

• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 866