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Where does “rād” come from?

rād (Old Frisian) comes from Proto-Germanic raudaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₁rowdʰós, from Proto-Indo-European h₁rewdʰ- — red.

Ancestry of “rād”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicraudazred
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rowdʰósred thing
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rewdʰ-red

Words derived from “rād”

  • read
  • ruad
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁rewdʰ- →