Etymograph

English

raad

Raad comes from Dutch raad ‘counsel’, from Proto-Germanic *rēdaną ‘to advise’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *Hreh₁dʰ- ‘to think, arrange’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*Hreh₁dʰ-‘to think, arrange’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*Hréh₁dʰetireconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*rēdaną‘to advise’reconstructed
  4. Proto-Germanic, derivedc. 500 BCE–200 CE*rēdaz‘advice, counsel’reconstructed
  5. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*rād‘advice, counsel’reconstructed
  6. Old Dutchc. 500–1150rāt
  7. Middle Dutchc. 1150–1500râet
  8. Dutchc. 1500–presentraad‘counsel’
  9. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*Hreh₁dʰ-‘to think, arrange’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*Hréh₁dʰetireconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*rēdaną‘to advise’reconstructed
  4. Proto-Germanic, derivedc. 500 BCE–200 CE*rēdaz‘advice, counsel’reconstructed
  5. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*rād‘advice, counsel’reconstructed
  6. Old Dutchc. 500–1150rāt
  7. Middle Dutchc. 1150–1500râet
  8. Dutchc. 1500–presentraad‘counsel’
  9. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Germanic *rēdaną ‘to advise’

read, reed, riddle, 3 more

through Proto-West Germanic *rād ‘advice, counsel’

rede

Another origin of raad

  1. Proto-Semiticc. 4000–3000 BCE*raʕd-‘thunder’reconstructed
  2. Arabicc. 500–presentرَعْدraʕd‘thunder’
  3. Englishtodayraad

Today it means

noun An assembly in one of the Boer republics of South Africa.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *Hreh₁dʰ- / raad

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