Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/rudjaną

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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 *rudą (a clearing) +‎ *-janą, from Proto-Indo-European *(H)rewH- (to dig out), see also Latin ruo (I dig out), Proto-Slavic *rъvati (to tear).[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

*rudjaną[2]

  1. to clear
  2. to strip

Inflection

Descendants

References

  1. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “rode”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
  2. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*ruđjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 307