Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/raþą

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 *Hreth₂- (“to roll”).

Noun

*raþą n[1]

wheel

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *raþą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*raþą	*raþō
vocative	*raþą	*raþō
accusative	*raþą	*raþō
genitive	raþas, raþis	*raþǫ̂
dative	*raþai	*raþamaz
instrumental	*raþō	*raþamiz

Related terms

*radaz
*raduraz, *radulaz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *raþ
- Old Frisian: reth
  - West Frisian: rêd
- Old Saxon: rath
  - Middle Low German: rat
    - Plautdietsch: Raut
    - → Swedish: ratt
      - → Finnish: ratti
    - → Norwegian Bokmål: ratt
    - → Norwegian Nynorsk: ratt
    - → Danish: rat
    - → Elfdalian: ratt
- Old Dutch: *rath
  - Middle Dutch: rat, rad
    - Dutch: rad
    - Limburgish: raad
- Old High German: rad
  - Middle High German: rat
    - German: Rad
      - → Esperanto: rado
    - Hunsrik: Raat
    - Luxembourgish: Rad
    - Yiddish: ראָד (rod)

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*raþa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 405

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[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*raþa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 405