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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hreud

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. Pokorny suggests Proto-Indo-European *krew- (“to shake, wave around”), referring to its movement in the wind, in which case related to Old English hrēaþemūs (“bat”), Tocharian A kru (“reed”), Tocharian B kärwats, Lithuanian krutéti (“to move”).[1]

Noun

*hreud n

  1. reed

Inflection
Neuter a-stem
Singular
Nominative *hreud
Genitive *hreudas
Singular Plural
Nominative *hreud *hreudu
Accusative *hreud *hreudu
Genitive *hreudas *hreudō
Dative *hreudē *hreudum
Instrumental *hreudu *hreudum

Descendants
  • Old English: hrēod
    • Middle English: red, red, reed, reede, reod, reede, rode, rued
      • English: reed
      • Scots: reed
  • Old Frisian: hriād, hreid
  • Old Saxon: hriod
  • Old Dutch: *riod, ried, riet
  • Old High German: hriot, riot

References
  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 623
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