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”).

Noun

*hreud n

1. reed

Inflection

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

Derived terms

• *hriudīn

Descendants

• Old English: hrēod
  • Middle English: red, red, reed, reede, reod, reede, rode, rued
    • English: reed
    • Scots: reed
• Old Frisian: hriād, hreid
  • Saterland Frisian: Räit
  • West Frisian: reid
• Old Saxon: hriod
  • Middle Low German: rêt, reit, riet
    • German Low German: Reet
• Old Dutch: *riod, ried, riet
  • Middle Dutch: riet
    • Dutch: riet
• Old High German: hriot, riot
  • Middle High German: riet
    • German: Ried