Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hruþþjō

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

Etymology

Unknown; possibly from *hruttōn, from Proto-Germanic *hruttōną (“to snore, roar”), +‎ *-jō.

Noun

*hruþþjō m

1. male dog
2. staghound

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hruþþjō
Genitive	*hruþþjini, *hruþþjan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hruþþjō	*hruþþjan
Accusative	*hruþþjan	*hruþþjan
Genitive	*hruþþjini, *hruþþjan	*hruþþjanō
Dative	*hruþþjini, *hruþþjan	*hruþþjum
Instrumental	*hruþþjini, *hruþþjan	*hruþþjum

Related terms

• *hroþ
  • Old English: *hroþ
    • ⇒ Old English: hroþhund
  • Old Saxon: *roth
    • Middle Low German: rodde
  • Old Dutch: *rod
    • Middle Dutch: roede

Descendants

• Old English: hryþþa
• Old Saxon: ruthio
  • Middle Low German: rude
• Old Dutch: *rudo
  • Middle Dutch: rude
    • Dutch: reu
• Old High German: rudo
  • Middle High German: rüde
    • German: Rüde