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Where does “räudig” come from?

räudig (German) comes from Middle High German riudec, from Old English rudiġ, from Old English -iġ, from Proto-West Germanic -g, from Proto-Germanic -gaz, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

räudig (German): mangy

Definitions

  1. mangy

Ancestry of “räudig”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanriudec—
2Old Englishrudiġreddish; ruddy
3Old English-iġ-y, -ic
4Proto-West Germanic-gForms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a...
5Proto-Germanic-gaz-y
6Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic
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