Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/rādik

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

Borrowed from Latin rādīx.

Noun

*rādik m

1. radish

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*rādik
Genitive	*rādikas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*rādik	*rādikō, *rādikōs
Accusative	*rādik	*rādikā
Genitive	*rādikas	*rādikō
Dative	*rādikē	*rādikum
Instrumental	*rādiku	*rādikum

Alternative reconstructions

• *radik

Reconstruction notes

All descendant languages show long-vowel forms alongside short-vowel forms, so this variation must have existed from the beginning.

Descendants

• Old English: rǣdiċ, rediċ
  • Middle English: radiche, radishe, redich, raddik, radike, redic, radisshe, radische, radik, radysche, radish
    • English: radish, raddish (obsolete)
      • →? Malay: rades
      • → Maori: rātihi
    • Scots: raidish
      • →? Irish: raidis
• Old Saxon: rādik, redik
  • Middle Low German: râdik, rêdik, rēdik, reddik
    • German Low German: Reddig
    • → Danish: ræddike
    • →? Faroese: redikur
    • →? Lithuanian: ridikas
    • → Norwegian: reddik
    • → Swedish: rättika
      • → Finnish: retikka
• Old Dutch: *rādik, *redik
  • Middle Dutch: râdic, rēdic
• Old High German: rātih, retich, (Central German) rādich, redich
  • Middle High German: rætich, retich; rædich, redich
    • Alemannic German: Räätrich
    • Central Franconian: Rädich, Reddich, Redich, Riedich
    • German: Rettich
    • Yiddish: רעטעך (retekh)
• → Proto-Slavic: *redьky (see there for further descendants)