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

From o-grade of Proto-Indo-European *Hreydʰ-, whence also *rīdaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɑi̯.ðɔː/

Noun

*raidō f

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

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

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *raidu
  • Old English: rād
    • 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
• Old Norse: reið
  • Icelandic: reið
  • Faroese: reið
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: rei, reid (unofficial, Høgnorsk)
  • Norwegian Bokmål: rei
  • Old Swedish: redh
    • Swedish: red
  • Danish: red
• Gothic: *𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌰 (*raida) (attested as 𐍂𐌴𐌳𐌰 (rēda))
• → Finnish: raita, raide
• → Proto-Samic:
  • Northern Sami: ráidu
  • Southern Sami: raajroe
  • → Swedish: rajd