Etymograph

English

rud

Rud comes from Old English rudian ‘to be ruddy’, from Proto-Germanic *rudāną ‘to redden’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- ‘red’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁rewdʰ-‘red’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁rudʰéh₁ti‘to be red’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*rudāną‘to redden’reconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150rudian‘to be ruddy’
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500rudden
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1591rud

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁rewdʰ-‘red’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁rudʰéh₁ti‘to be red’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*rudāną‘to redden’reconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150rudian‘to be ruddy’
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500rudden
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1591rud

Earliest quotation: 1591, Edmund Spenser, Epithalamion: “Her cheekes lyke apples which the sun hath rudded”.

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- ‘red’

red, reddish, rowan, rust, rouse, roux, redness, corroborate, roan, russel, rubric, erythema, robusta, rubella, ruddy, russet, rufous, ruddock, 34 more

through Proto-Indo-European *h₁rudʰéh₁ti ‘to be red’

ruby, 11 more

Today it means

noun redness or blushing

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- / rud

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