Etymograph

English

Rode

Rode comes from Old English *rodu ‘clearing’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *reudaną.

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*reudaną‘to clear’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanic, derivedc. 500 BCE–200 CE*rudą‘clearing, glade’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*rodureconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150same form‘clearing’reconstructed
  5. EnglishtodayRode

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*reudaną‘to clear’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanic, derivedc. 500 BCE–200 CE*rudą‘clearing, glade’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*rodureconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150same form‘clearing’reconstructed
  5. EnglishtodayRode

The story

In place names, from Old English *rodu (‘clearing’).

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *Hrewdʰ- ‘to clear out’

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Today it means

name A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST8053).

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *reudaną / Rode

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