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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/reudaną

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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

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈreu̯.ðɑ.nɑ̃/

Etymology 1

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From Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (red).[1]

Verb

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*reudaną[1][2]

  1. to redden, make red
Inflection
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Descendants
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  • Proto-West Germanic: *reudan
    • Old English: rēodan
  • Old Norse: rjóða

Etymology 2

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Apparently from a Proto-Indo-European *Hrewdʰ- (to clear out), though with no certain cognates outside of Germanic. The main cited possible cognate is Avestan 𐬭𐬀𐬊𐬌𐬜𐬌𐬌𐬀 (raoiδiia, (possibly) to be made arable), though this is uncertain due to the Avestan term itself having an uncertain interpretation.[3] Said root has been linked to Proto-Indo-European *(H)rewH- (to dig out) (whence also Latin ruo (I dig out), Proto-Slavic *rъvati (to tear)).[4]

Verb

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*reudaną[3][2]

  1. to clear, eradicate, remove
Inflection
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Descendants
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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*reudan- 1”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 410:s.v. ‘to make red’
  2. 2.0 2.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*reuđanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 302
  3. 3.0 3.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*reudan- 2”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[3], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 410:s.v. ‘to clear, remove, eradicate’
  4. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “rode”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute