Where does “rōd” come from?

rōd (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-West Germanic raud, from Proto-Germanic raudaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₁rowdʰós, from Proto-Indo-European h₁rewdʰ- — red.

rōd (Old Saxon): red

Definitions

  1. red

Ancestry of “rōd”, step by step

rōd traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic raud

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicraudred
2Proto-Germanicraudazred
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rowdʰósred thing
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rewdʰ-red

via Proto-Germanic *raud

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*raud—

Words derived from “rōd”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁rewdʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁rowdʰós →Every word from Proto-Germanic raudaz →