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Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *hruþjan- (“male dog”), clearly connected to Old High German rudio and Dutch reu. Possibly from *hruttōn- (“to roar”), from a Proto-Indo-European root shared by Ancient Greek κόρυζα (kóruza), Old English hrot. Or, from Proto-Germanic *hreutan-, *hrūtan-, *hruttōną (“to snore”), which would be related to Old Norse hrjóta.
Pronunciation
Noun
ryþþa m (nominative plural ryþþan)
- mastiff, large dog
Declension
Declension of ryþþa (weak)
Further reading
- Kroonen, Guus (2013) “hruþjan”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN