Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/rēdaną

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *Hréh₁dʰeti, from *Hreh₁dʰ- (“to think, arrange”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛː.ðɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*rēdaną

1. to decide, advise
2. to interpret

Inflection

Conjugation of *rēdaną (strong class 7d)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*rēdō	*rēdaų	—	*rēdai	?
2nd singular	*rēdizi	*rēdaiz	*rēd	*rēdazai	*rēdaizau
3rd singular	*rēdidi	*rēdai	*rēdadau	*rēdadai	*rēdaidau
1st dual	*rēdōz	*rēdaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*rēdadiz	*rēdaidiz	*rēdadiz	—	—
1st plural	*rēdamaz	*rēdaim	—	*rēdandai	*rēdaindau
2nd plural	*rēdid	*rēdaid	*rēdid	*rēdandai	*rēdaindau
3rd plural	*rēdandi	*rēdain	*rēdandau	*rēdandai	*rēdaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*rerōd	*rerdį̄
2nd singular	*rerōst	*rerdīz
3rd singular	*rerōd	*rerdī
1st dual	*rerdū	*rerdīw
2nd dual	*rerdudiz	*rerdīdiz
1st plural	*rerdum	*rerdīm
2nd plural	*rerdud	*rerdīd
3rd plural	*rerdun	*rerdīn
	present	past
participles	*rēdandz	*rēdanaz

Derived terms

• *rēdārijaz
• *uzrēdaną

Related terms

• *Rēdawulfaz
• *rēdaz
• *rēdiz
• *rēswō
• *rōdijaną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *rādan
  • Old English: rǣdan
    • Middle English: reden
      • English: read, rede
      • Scots: rede
  • Old Frisian: rēda
    • Saterland Frisian: räide
    • West Frisian: riede
  • Old Saxon: rādan
    • Middle Low German: râden
      • German Low German: raden
      • Low German: raden
  • Old Dutch: rādan
    • Middle Dutch: râden
      • Dutch: raden
      • Limburgish: raoje
  • Old High German: rātan
    • Middle High German: rāten
      • German: raten
      • Luxembourgish: roden
      • Yiddish: ראָטן (rotn)
• Old Norse: ráða, ᚱᛅᚦᛅ (raþa) — infinitive, Runic form, ᚱᛅᚦᚱ (raþr) — second/third singular present indicative, Runic form, ᚱᛁᚦ (riþ), ᚱᛆᛁᚦ (raiþ) — first/third singular past indicative, Runic form, ᚱᛅᚦᛁ (raþi), ᚱᚮᚦᛁ (roþi) — third singular present subjunctive, Runic form, ᚱᛅᚦ (raþ) — second singular imperative, Runic form
  • Icelandic: ráða
  • Faroese: ráða
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: rå, råda
  • Old Swedish: rāþa
    • Swedish: råda
  • Danish: råde
    • Norwegian Bokmål: råde, rå
• Gothic: *𐍂𐌴𐌳𐌰𐌽 (*rēdan)