Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hreud
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Proto-West Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]*hreud n
Inflection
[edit]Neuter a-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *hreud | |
Genitive | *hreudas | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *hreud | *hreudu |
Accusative | *hreud | *hreudu |
Genitive | *hreudas | *hreudō |
Dative | *hreudē | *hreudum |
Instrumental | *hreudu | *hreudum |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Old English: hrēod
- Old Frisian: hriād, hreid
- Old Saxon: hriod
- Old Dutch: *riod, ried, riet
- Old High German: hriot, riot
References
[edit]- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “623”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 623