Indo-European etymology : List with all references

Proto-IE: *rot- (-th-)

Meaning: wheel

Old Indian: rátha- m. `chariot, car'

Latin: rota f. `Rad; Töpferscheibe, Rolle, Wagen, Sonnenscheibe, Kreisel'; rotundus, -a `rund'

Celtic: Gaul Roto-magus ON (> Fr Rouen), petor-ritum `vierräderiger Wagen'; Ir rath m. `Rad', rethim `ich laufe'; Cymr rhōd f. `Rad'

Russ. meaning: колесо

References: WP II 368

Proto-Baltic: *rat-a- (1) c.

Meaning: wheel

Indo-European etymology: Indo-European etymology

Lithuanian: rãtas, `Rad, Kreis(ring), pl. rãtai `Wagen'

Lettish: rats `Rad', pl. rati `Räder; Wagen'

Proto-Germanic: *ráɵ=, *raɵul=, -r-

Meaning: wheel; sun, heaven

IE etymology: IE etymology

Old Norse: rɔδul-l m. `Strahlenkranz, Sonne'

Old English: rodur, rador, -es m. `firmament, heaven of the fixed stars; heavens, sky, upper regions'

Old Frisian: reth, rad `Rad'

Old Saxon: rath `Rad'; radur `Himmel'

Middle Dutch: rat n.

Dutch: rad n.

Old Franconian: rath `Rad'

Middle Low German: rat

Old High German: rad `Rad' (8.Jh.)

Middle High German: rat (-d-) st. n. 'rad (am wagen, pfluge usw.), mühlrad'

German: Rad n.

Number: 1620

Root: ret(h)-

English meaning: to run, to roll

German meaning: `laufen, rollen'

Derivatives: roto- `Rad'

Material: Ai. rátha- m. `Wagen', rathī́- `Wagenlenker', ráthya- `zum Wagen gehörig', rathar-yáti `fährt im Wagen'; ratheṣṭhā̆́- `Krieger' = av. raɵaēštå ds.; av. raɵa- `Wagen', raiɵya `Fahrstraße'; lat. rota `Rad', birotus `zweirädrig' (: lit. dvirãtis), rotundus `scheibenrund'; ir. roth m. `Rad'; cymr. rhod f. `Rad'; gall. ON Roto-magus (Rouen); kelt. *-reto- `Lauf', neutr. Abstraktsuffix in cymr.brith-red `Verwirrung' = mir. brecht-rad `Mannigfaltigkeit', Kollektivsuffix in mir. aig-red `Eis'; dehnstufig *-rōto- in mcymr. rhawd `Lauf, Laufbahn, Schaar', gaeaf-rawd `Winterszeit' = mir.gem-rad ds., mcymr. bed-rawd, cymr. bedd-rod, bret. bez-ret `Gräber' (cymr. bedd `Grab'), dazu mir. rā(i)the `Jahreszeit, Vierteljahr' (*rōti̯o-);

air. rethim `laufe' mit Kompositis, Kaus. roithim `treibe an'; Verbaln. riuth m. `Lauf' (*r̥tu-); zu air. do-riuth `accurrō' gehört cymr. tyred (*to-rete) `komm!'; air. fo-riuth, cymr. guo-redaf `succurrō', acymr. Perf. gua-raut = ir. fo-ráith (*upo-rōt-e);

aisl. rǫðull m. `Strahlenkranz, Sonne' und as. radur, ags. rador, rodor m. `Himmel'; got. *raþs `leicht', (Kompar. n. raþizo) ags. ræd `schnell, behend', ahd. rado, rato adv. `schnell'; and. rath, afr. reth, ahd. rad `Rad', radelōt `mit Räderchen versehen'; lit. rãtas m. `Rad, Kreis' (Plur. rātai `Karren, Wagen'), lett. rats `Rad' (Plur. rati `Wagen'), lit. ratẽlis m. `Rädchen' (vgl. ahd. radelōt und lat. rotula f. `Rädchen'), dvirãtis (meist Pl. dvirãčiai) `zweirädriger Wagen';

lit. ritù, rìsti `rollen' (*r̥t-); aber gall. petor-ritum `vierrädriger Wagen' kann lat. Entwicklung von *petor-roto- sein.

References: WP. II 368, WH. II 443 f., Trautmann 238.

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