-red
See also: Appendix:Variations of "red"
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English -rede, -red, -redde, -reden, from Old English -rǣden (which see). Cognate with German -rat (as in Heirat (“wedding”)).
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-red
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Middle English edit
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-red
- Alternative form of -rede
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-red
- Alternative form of -raþ
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *Hret-,[1] whence also rhedeg (“to run”). Cognate with Old Irish -rad.[2]
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-red f
- Forms abstract nouns.
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References edit
- ^ Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 143 iii (22)
- ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “-red”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies