Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/rīdaną

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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 Proto-Indo-European *Hreydʰ- (to set in motion, ride), likely a suffixed form of *h₃reyH- (to move, churn). Cognate with Proto-Celtic *reideti (to ride) (whence Old Irish réidid (to ride, drive), ríad (ride, noun)), Proto-Celtic *reidis (easy, smooth), Lithuanian riedė́ti (to roll),[1] raidù (quick), and Latvian raĩdît (to send hastily, urge, (reflexive) hurry).

Pronunciation

Verb

*rīdaną[1][2]

  1. to ride

Inflection

Descendants

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*rīdan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 412
  2. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*rīdanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 305