Where does “hræd” come from?

hræd (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *hrad, from Proto-Germanic hradaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱret- — to be strong.

hræd (Old English): quick, hasty

Definitions

  1. quick, hasty

Ancestry of “hræd”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*hradquick, hasty
2Proto-Germanichradazquick, hasty
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱret-to be strong

Words derived from “hræd”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱret- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hradaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *hrad →
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