*rēsō

Runic: ᚱᛖᛊᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈrɛː.sɔː/

noun · feminine · ō-stem

Meanings

  1. a running
  2. a course
  3. a rush (of water)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁s- (‘to flow, rush’). Related to Ancient Greek ἐρωή (erōḗ) (erōḗ, ‘rush, impulse’); see there for more cognates.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.rēsōrēsôz
Acc.rēsǭrēsōz
Gen.rēsōzrēsǫ̂
Dat.rēsōirēsōmaz
Inst.rēsōrēsōmiz
Voc.rēsōrēsôz

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Descendants

  • *rās (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *rās (Old Dutch)
      • ras (Middle Dutch)
        • raes (Dutch)
  • *rās (Proto-West Germanic)
    • rǣs (Old English)
      • ræse, rese, resse, res (Middle English)
        • rese, res, reas, reace (Scots)
  • *rās (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *rās (Old Saxon)
      • râs (Middle Low German)
  • rás (Old Norse)
    • rás (Faroese)
    • raz (French)
    • rás (Icelandic)
  • rás (Old Norse)
    • ras, race (Middle English)
      • rás (Irish)
      • ras, rase, race (Scots)
  • rás (Old Norse)
    • ras, race (Middle English)
      • race (English)
        • race, ræs (Danish)
        • race (Dutch)
        • race, res (Norwegian)
        • race, rejs (Swedish)

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