rethe

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*rey-“to scream, shout, roar, bellow, bark, growl”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*rōþijaz“wild”
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*rōþī
4. Old English · inherited fromrēþe“fierce, cruel, savage, severe, stern, austere, zealous, wild, dire”
5. Middle English · inherited fromreth
6. English todayrethe

From Middle English reth, rethe, from Old English rēþe (“fierce, cruel, savage, severe, stern, austere, zealous, wild, dire”), from Proto-West Germanic *rōþī, from Proto-Germanic *rōþijaz (“wild”), from Proto-Indo-European *rey- (“to scream, shout, roar, bellow, bark, growl”). Cognate with Scots reithe, reythe, reth (“rethe”), Old High German ruod (“a roar”), Middle High German rüeden (“to be noisy”), Bavarian rüeden (“to be noisy, roar, be in heat”).

Words from the same roots