Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/rōdō

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

Alternative forms

*rōdǭ (Northern)

Etymology

Uncertain; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *reh₁t- (“post”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈrɔː.ðɔː/

Noun

*rōdō f

rod, pole
Synonyms: *furkaz, *galgô, *mastaz, *skaftaz, *spaluz, *spīrǭ, *stauraz, *tainaz

Inflection

Declension of *rōdō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*rōdō	*rōdôz
vocative	*rōdō	*rōdôz
accusative	*rōdǭ	*rōdōz
genitive	*rōdōz	*rōdǫ̂
dative	*rōdōi	*rōdōmaz
instrumental	*rōdō	*rōdōmiz

Descendants

Old English: rōd
- Middle English: rod, roode, rood
  - Scots: rude, ruid
  - English: rood
Old Frisian: rōd; rōde
- Saterland Frisian: Roue
- West Frisian: roede
Old Saxon: rōda, ruoda
- Middle Low German: rôde
  - German Low German: Rood, Roo, Roe
Old Dutch: ruoda
- Middle Dutch: rude, roede
  - Dutch: roede, roe
Old High German: ruota
- Middle High German: ruote
  - German: Rute
  - Luxembourgish: Rutt
Old Norse: róða (< *rōdǭ)
- Icelandic: róða
- Norwegian Bokmål: rode
- Danish: rode

References

Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 866