- rēd-2 : rōd- : rǝd-
- rēd-2 : rōd- : rǝd-English meaning: to shuffle, scrape, scratchDeutsche Übersetzung: ‘scharren, schaben, kratzen, nagen”Material: Lat. rōdō “ gnaw, benage” and rüdō ‘scharre, scrape, scratch” (from *radzd(h)ō s. Welsh rhathu), wherefore rüstrum “hack, mattock, hoe, Karst”, rüdula “ rasper”, rüllum “ plowshare “, rümentum “Abgang, chip, splinter, splinter” and rōstrum “(Nagewerkzeug) bill, beak, neb, snout, proboscis, prow, bow of a ship”; Welsh rhathu “raspeln, smooth, ebnen”, rhathell “Raspel”, rhath “Ebene, surface, plain, area”, Bret. raza “raser”; Brit.rath- and Lat. rüdō are under *růzdō (from *radzd(h)ō, d(h)-present) compatible; O.H.G. rüzi ‘sharp from taste, wild”, M.H.G. rüze rǣ ze ds. prove die ē-grade *rēd-; in addition Gmc. *rattō “Ratte” (=nibbler): O.S. ratta, O.E. rætt m., M.H.G. ratze, ratz etc.; in Ger. Dialekten comes Ratz in the meaning “marten, polecat, caterpillar, inchworm” vor; O.H.G. rato, radda, ratta.References: WP. II 369, WH. II 415, 439 f.
Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary. 2015.