Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/rōō

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁roh₁-weh₂, from *h₁reh₁- (“quiet, calm”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬭𐬁𐬨𐬀𐬥 (rāman, “peace, tranquility”) and Sanskrit रात्रि (rātri, “night”), whence Hindi रात (rāt, “night”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈrɔː.ɔː/

Noun

*rōō f

calm, quiet
rest, repose

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *rōō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*rōō	*rōôz
vocative	*rōō	*rōôz
accusative	*rōǭ	*rōōz
genitive	*rōōz	*rōǫ̂
dative	*rōōi	*rōōmaz
instrumental	*rōō	*rōōmiz

Related terms

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *rōu
- Old English: rōw, rō
  - Middle English: ro, rou, rowe, roo
    - English: roo
    - Scots: ro, ruve
- Old Saxon: *rōwa
  - Middle Low German: rôwe
    - German Low German:
      Altmärkisch, Westphalian (Bentheimisch): Raue
      Westphalian:
      Sauerländisch: Rugge, Riu (Sundern), Rūre (Wenden)
      Westmünsterländisch: Ruhe
      East Westphalian: Riuhe (Lippisch), Rue (Wedemarkisch)
      - →? Saterland Frisian: Raue
- Old Dutch: *ruowa
  - Middle Dutch: rowe, rouwe
- Old High German: ruowa
  - Middle High German: ruowe, rouwe, ruo
    - German: Ruhe
    - Alemannic German: Ruew
    - Hunsrik: Ruh
    - Luxembourgish: Rou
    - Yiddish: רו (ru)
Old Norse: ró
- Icelandic: ró
- Faroese: ró, rógv
- Norwegian:
  Norwegian Nynorsk: ro
  Norwegian Bokmål: ro
- Elfdalian: ruo
- Old Swedish: rō
  - Swedish: ro
- Danish: ro

References

^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*rōō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 415-416: “*h₁roh₁-ueh₂-”
^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Ruhe”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 609: “g. *rōwō”

[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*rōō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 415-416: “*h₁roh₁-ueh₂-”

[2] Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Ruhe”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 609: “g. *rōwō”

Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/rōō

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