Reconstruction:Old High German/hruod

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hrōþi (“praise, fame, renown”).

Proper noun

*hruod m

  1. fame, renown

Reconstruction reconstructions

Reconstruction notes

Only found in given names.

Further reading

  • Schatz, Josef, 1871-1950 (1907) Altbairische Grammatik, Laut- und Flexionslehre (Grammatiken der althochdeutschen Dialekte; I. Band.) (in German), Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, page 16; 86
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