FromMiddle Dutchruuch,ru,rou, fromOld Dutch*rūh,*rū, fromProto-Germanic*rūhwaz.
The original stem ended in-h-, which disappeared between vowels, giving*rū- in the inflected forms in Old Dutch. This then gave rise to an alternative uninflected form*rū, which developed into Middle Dutchru,rou, modern Dutchruw,rouw. The original uninflected form was back-formed toruig based on other words with-ch in the uninflected form and-g- in inflected forms, similar to what happened tohoog.
ruw (comparativeruwer,superlativeruwst)
| Declension ofruw | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | ruw | |||
| inflected | ruwe | |||
| comparative | ruwer | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | ruw | ruwer | hetruwst hetruwste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | ruwe | ruwere | ruwste |
| n. sing. | ruw | ruwer | ruwste | |
| plural | ruwe | ruwere | ruwste | |
| definite | ruwe | ruwere | ruwste | |
| partitive | ruws | ruwers | — | |
See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
ruw