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Where does “rudiġ” come from?

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

rudiġ (Old English): reddish; ruddy

Definitions

  1. reddish; ruddy

Ancestry of “rudiġ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old English-iġ-y, -ic
2Proto-West Germanic-gForms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a...
3Proto-Germanic-gaz-y
4Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

Words derived from “rudiġ”

  • ruddy
  • ruddiness
  • ruddily
  • ruddyish
  • ruddy duck
  • rody
  • rudi
  • ruddy
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