Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/raʀdu

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 1

From Proto-Germanic *razdō (“sound, voice”).

Noun

*raʀdu f^[1]

sound
voice

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*raʀdu
Genitive	*raʀdā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*raʀdu	*raʀdō
Accusative	*raʀdā	*raʀdā
Genitive	*raʀdā	*raʀdō
Dative	*raʀdē	raʀdōm, raʀdum
Instrumental	*raʀdu	raʀdōm, raʀdum

Derived terms

*aliraʀd
*raʀdijan

Related terms

*aliraʀdijan

Descendants

Old English: reord
- Middle English: rerde, rerd, reryd, rourde, rewerd, rurd, rurde, ruerde (West Midlands), rorde, reorde (early West Midlands), rearde (Kent), reord (Ormulum)
  - English: reard (dialectal, obsolete)
  - Middle Scots: reird, rerde, rerd
    - Scots: reird, raird, reerd
- ⇒ Old English: reordian (“to speak”)
  - Middle English: rerden
Old High German: rarta

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *razdō (“food, meal”).

Noun

*raʀdu f

food
meal

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*raʀdu
Genitive	*raʀdā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*raʀdu	*raʀdō
Accusative	*raʀdā	*raʀdā
Genitive	*raʀdā	*raʀdō
Dative	*raʀdē	raʀdōm, raʀdum
Instrumental	*raʀdu	raʀdōm, raʀdum

Related terms

*garaʀdu

Descendants

Old English: reord
- ⇒ Old English: reordian (“to consume, dine, feast”)

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 84: “PWGmc *razdu”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 84: “PWGmc *razdu”

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