Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hreud

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

Unknown. Pokorny suggests Proto-Indo-European *krew- (“to shake, wave around”), referring to its movement in the wind, in which case related to Old English hrēaþemūs (“bat”), Tocharian A kru (“reed”), Tocharian B kärwats, Lithuanian krutéti (“to move”).^[1]

Noun

*hreud n

reed

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hreud
Genitive	*hreudas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hreud	*hreudu
Accusative	*hreud	*hreudu
Genitive	*hreudas	*hreudō
Dative	*hreudē	*hreudum
Instrumental	*hreudu	*hreudum

Derived terms

*hriudīn

Descendants

Old English: hrēod
- Middle English: red, red, reed, reede, reod, reede, rode, rued
  - English: reed
  - Scots: reed
Old Frisian: hriād, hreid
- Saterland Frisian: Räit
- West Frisian: reid
Old Saxon: hriod
- Middle Low German: rêt, reit, riet
  - German Low German: Reet
Old Dutch: *riod, ried, riet
- Middle Dutch: riet
  - Dutch: riet
Old High German: hriot, riot
- Middle High German: riet
  - German: Ried

References

^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “623”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 623

[1] Pokorny, Julius (1959) “623”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 623

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