Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hradō

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Alternative forms

• *hraþō

Etymology

From *hrad (“quick”) +‎ *-ō (adverbial suffix).

Adverb

*hradō

1. quickly, hastily

Descendants

• Old English: hraþe, hraðe, hræþe, hræðe, hreðe, raðe, raþe, ræðe, ræþe
  • Middle English: rathe, rade, rath, raþ, raþe, rauth, hraþe, hraþa, raðæ, raðe, ræðe, ræðen, reaðe, reðe (Early Middle English)
    • English: rathe, rath (obsolete)
    • Middle Scots: rathe, rath
  • ⇒ Old English: hraþor
    • Middle English: rathere, rathar, rathir, rathur, rathre, rether, ræðer, hraþar, reaðere, redþer, rader, radder, radir, ratherne, raþeren (Early Middle English)
      • English: rather
      • Scots: rather
      • Yola: rether
• Old Saxon: *hratho
  • Middle Low German: rade
    • German Low German: radd, ratt
• Old High German: hrado, hrato, rado, rato
  • Middle High German: rade
  • ⇒ Old High German: girado
    • Middle High German: gerade, gerat
      • Alemannic German: grad
      • Bavarian: grad, grod, grood
      • German: gerade (colloquial gerad, grad)
      • Luxembourgish: grad
      • Yiddish: גראַד (grad), גראַדע (grade)