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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]
- to clear
- to strip
Inflection
Descendants
References
- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “rode”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*ruđjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 307