Where does “hrædwyrde” come from?

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

hrædwyrde (Old English): hasty in speech

Definitions

  1. hasty in speech

Ancestry of “hrædwyrde”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishhrædquick, hasty
2Proto-West Germanic*hradquick, hasty
3Proto-Germanichradazquick, hasty
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱret-to be strong
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱret- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hradaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *hrad →