Where does “ruds” come from?

ruds (Latvian) comes from Proto-Balto-Slavic raud, from Proto-Indo-European h₁rewdʰ- — red.

ruds (Latvian): red, red-haired; reddish yellow, brownish yellow...

Definitions

  1. red, red-haired; reddish yellow, brownish yellow...

Ancestry of “ruds”, step by step

ruds traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Balto-Slavic raud

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Balto-Slavicraud—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rewdʰ-red

via Proto-Balto-Slavic rud

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Balto-Slavicrud—

Words derived from “ruds”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁rewdʰ- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic raud →