Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/razdō

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 *Hres- (“to shout, speak”), extended as *Hros-dʰh₁-eh₂-. Compare Sanskrit रसना (rasanā, “tongue”), रसति (rásati, “to call out, scream, roar”).[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈrɑz.dɔː/

Noun

*razdō f[1]

voice
sound

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *razdō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*razdō	*razdôz
vocative	*razdō	*razdôz
accusative	*razdǭ	*razdōz
genitive	*razdōz	*razdǫ̂
dative	*razdōi	*razdōmaz
instrumental	*razdō	*razdōmiz

Synonyms

*stamnijō, *stebnō

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *raʀdu
- Old English: reord
  - Middle English: reorde, rearde, rorde, rerd
    - Scots: rerde, rerd, reird
    - English: reard
  - ⇒ Old English: reordian (“to speak”)
    - Middle English: rerden
- Old High German: rarta
Old Norse: rǫdd, radd-
- Icelandic: rödd, radd-
- Faroese: rødd
- → Scots: rede (“sound; noise; din”)
Gothic: 𐍂𐌰𐌶𐌳𐌰 (razda)

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*razdō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 407

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[Kroonen-1] Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*razdō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 407