Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hradō

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Alternative forms

*hraþō

Etymology

From *hrad (“quick”) +‎ *-ō (adverbial suffix).

Adverb

*hradō

quickly, hastily

Descendants

Old English: hraþe, hraðe, hræþe, hræðe, hreðe, raðe, raþe, ræðe, ræþe
- Middle English: rathe, rade, rath, raþ, raþe, rauth; hraþe, hraþa, raðæ, raðe, ræðe, ræðen, reaðe, reðe (Early Middle English)
  - English: rathe, rath (obsolete)
  - Middle Scots: rathe, rath
- ⇒ Old English: hraþor
  - Middle English: rathere, rathar, rathir, rathur, rathre, rether; ræðer, hraþar, reaðere, redþer, rader, radder, radir, ratherne, raþeren (Early Middle English)
    - English: rather
    - Scots: rather
    - Yola: rether
Old Saxon: *hratho
- Middle Low German: rade
  - German Low German: radd, ratt
Old High German: hrado, hrato, rado, rato
- Middle High German: rade
- ⇒ Old High German: girado
  - Middle High German: gerade, gerat
    - Alemannic German: grad
    - Bavarian: grad, grod, grood
    - German: gerade (colloquial gerad, grad)
    - Luxembourgish: grad
    - Yiddish: גראַד (grad), גראַדע (grade)