Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/raidō

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

An o-grade nominal formation from *rīdaną (“to ride”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɑi̯.ðɔː/

Noun

*raidō f

1. ride, journey
2. (Runic alphabet) name of the rune ᚱ (r)

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *raidō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*raidō	*raidôz
vocative	*raidō	*raidôz
accusative	*raidǭ	*raidōz
genitive	*raidōz	*raidǫ̂
dative	*raidōi	*raidōmaz
instrumental	*raidō	*raidōmiz

Derived terms

• *raidōwarjaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *raidu
  • Old English: rād, *ᚱᚪᛞ (*rad)
    • Middle English: rode, rade, rod, rood, roode
      • English: road
      • Scots: raid
        • → English: raid, rade (Scotland)
          • → Spanish: raid
          • → French: raid
          • → Italian: raid
          • → Polish: rajd
          • → Romanian: raid
          • → Swedish: räd
      • → Old French: *rade
        • Middle French: rade
          • French: rade
            • → Catalan: rada
            • → Italian: rada
            • → Spanish: rada
  • Old Frisian: *rēd
    • West Frisian: reed
  • Old Saxon: *rēda
    • >? Middle Low German: rêde, reide
      • → German: Reede
  • Old Dutch: rēda
    • >? Middle Dutch: rêde
      • Dutch: rede
  • Old High German: reita
    • Middle High German: reite
• Proto-Norse: *ᚱᚨᛁᛞᚢ (*raidu)
  • Old Norse: reið
    • Icelandic: reið
    • Faroese: reið
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: rei, reid (unofficial, Sunnmørsk, Høgnorsk)
    • Norwegian Bokmål: rei
    • Old Swedish: redh
      • Swedish: red
    • Danish: red
    • Old Gutnish: raiþ
• Gothic: *𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌰 (*raida /⁠reda⁠/)
• → Finnish: raita, raide
• → Proto-Samic: *rājδō
  • Western Samic:
    • Southern Sami: raajroe
    • Ume Sami: rájđđuo
    • Pite Sami: rájjdo
    • Lule Sami: rájddo
    • Northern Sami: ráidu
  • Eastern Samic:
    • Inari Sami: ráiđu
    • Skolt Sami: räidd
    • Kildin Sami: ра̄ййт (rājjt)
    • Ter Sami: раййта (râjjtâ)
  • → Swedish: rajd