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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/rōwō

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 *h₁roh₁-weh₂, from *h₁reh₁- (“quiet, calm”).[1] Cognate with Avestan 𐬭𐬁𐬨𐬀𐬥‎ (rāman, “peace, tranquility”) and Sanskrit रात्रि (rātri, “night”), whence Hindi रात (rāt, “night”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈrɔː.wɔː/

Noun

*rōwō f[2]

  1. calm, quiet
  2. rest, repose

Inflection
ō-stemDeclension of *rōwō (ō-stem)
singular plural
nominative *rōwō *rōwôz
vocative *rōwō *rōwôz
accusative *rōwǭ *rōwōz
genitive *rōwōz *rōwǫ̂
dative *rōwōi *rōwōmaz
instrumental *rōwō *rōwōmiz

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *rōu
    • Old English: rōw, rō
      • Middle English: ro, rou, rowe, roo
    • Old Saxon: *rōwa
      • Middle Low German: rôwe
        • German Low German:
          Altmärkisch, Westphalian (Bentheimisch): Raue
          Westphalian:
          Sauerländisch: Rugge, Riu (Sundern), Rūre (Wenden)
          Westmünsterländisch: Ruhe
          East Westphalian: Riuhe (Lippisch), Rue (Wedemarkisch)
          • →? Saterland Frisian: Raue
    • Old Dutch: *ruowa
    • Old High German: ruowa
  • Old Norse: ró
    • Icelandic: ró
    • Faroese: ró, rógv
    • Norwegian:
      Norwegian Nynorsk: ro
      Norwegian Bokmål: ro
    • Elfdalian: ruo
    • Old Swedish: rō
      • Swedish: ro
    • Danish: ro

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*rōō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 415-416: “*h₁roh₁-ueh₂-”
  2. Friedrich Kluge (1989), “Ruhe”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 609: “g. *rōwō”
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