Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/rād

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

From Proto-Germanic *rēdaz.

Noun

*rād m

1. advice, counsel

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*rād, *rāda
Genitive	*rādas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*rād, *rāda	*rādōs
Accusative	*rād, *rāda	*rādā
Genitive	*rādas	*rādō
Dative	*rādē	*rādum
Instrumental	*rādu	*rādum

Derived terms

• *hīwarād
• *Kōnirād

Related terms

• *rādan
• *Rādawulf
• *rāsu

Descendants

• Old English: rǣd, rēd — Anglian
  • Middle English: red, ræd, rede, reed
    • English: rede
    • Scots: rede
• Old Frisian: rēd
  • Saterland Frisian: Räid
  • West Frisian: ried, rie
• Old Saxon: rād
  • Middle Low German: rât
    • German Low German: Raad
    • Plautdietsch: Rot
• Old Dutch: rāt
  • Middle Dutch: raet
    • Dutch: raad
      • Afrikaans: raad
      • Negerhollands: raad, raed
      • → Aukan: lai
      • → Caribbean Hindustani: rái
      • → Indonesian: rad
• Old High German: rāt, rād — Rhine Franconian
  • Middle High German: rāt
    • German: Rat
    • Luxembourgish: Rot
    • Pennsylvania German: Rot
    • Yiddish: ראָט (rot)
    • → Old Czech: rada (see there for further descendants)