Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hreuwu

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

Etymology

From *hreuwan (“to cause pain, regret”) +‎ *-u.

Noun

*hreuwu f

1. regret
2. penance

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hreuwu
Genitive	*hreuwā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hreuwu	*hreuwō
Accusative	*hreuwā	*hreuwā
Genitive	*hreuwā	*hreuwō
Dative	*hreuwē	*hreuwōm, *hreuwum
Instrumental	*hreuwu	*hreuwōm, *hreuwum

Derived terms

• *hriuwisōn

Descendants

• Old English: hrēow
  • Middle English: rewe
    • English: rue (archaic)
    • Scots: rew, rue
• Old Frisian: hrīowe
  • West Frisian: rouwe
• Old Saxon: hreuwa
  • Middle Low German: ruwe, rouwe
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: ruelse
• Old Dutch: *reuwa
  • Middle Dutch: ruwe, rouwe
    • Dutch: rouw
      • Afrikaans: rou
• Old High German: hriuwa, riuwa
  • Middle High German: riuwe
    • German: Reue
    • Hunsrik: Rei
    • Luxembourgish: Rei