Etymology

rudd

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Today it means: Any species of the freshwater game fishes of genus Scardinius. Full definition →

Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ-
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rudd · noun1

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*h₁rewdʰ-
  2. English todayrudd

Akin to rud, ruddy, ruddock. Via Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (whence also red) cognate with German Rotfeder, Irish ruán, Slovene rdečeperka. Compare typologically Bulgarian червеноперка (červenoperka) (<+ червен (červen)), Macedonian црвеноперка (crvenoperka) (<+ црвен (crven)), Russian краснопёрка (krasnopjórka) (<+ красный (krasnyj)); Turkish kızılkanat (kızıl + kanat).

Rudd · proper noun2

Originally a nickname from Middle English, meaning "red".

Words from the same roots

Proto-Indo-European*h₁rewdʰ- all →

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