rue
English
/ɹuː/
noun
Definitions
- (archaic) Sorrow; repentance; regret.
- (archaic) Pity; compassion.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English rewe (row, rue) inherited from Old English hrēow (penance, repentance, grief, regret, sorrow, penitence) inherited from Proto-Germanic *hrewwō (sadness, regret, repentance, pain) derived from Proto-Indo-European *krew- (beat, strike, break, smash, fall).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*krew-
Gloss
beat, strike, break, smash, fall
Concept
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bargain English
- bush English
- bushrue English
- disruly English
- meadow English
- meadowrue English
- misruly English
- row English
- rue-bargain English
- rueful English
- ruefully English
- ruefulness English
- ruesome English
- ruly English
- ruth English
- ruthful English
- ruthless English
- unrueful English
- Kaufreue German
- Reue German
- rouw Dutch, Flemish
- rouwdag Dutch, Flemish
- rouwkaart Dutch, Flemish
- rouwklacht Dutch, Flemish
- rouwmoed Dutch, Flemish
- rouwrand Dutch, Flemish
- rouwstemming Dutch, Flemish
- крушить Russian
- *krew- Proto-Indo-European
- *hrewwjaz Proto-Germanic
- *hrewwō Proto-Germanic
- *hrūtaną Proto-Germanic
- *hȳrtan Old English
- hreow Old English
- hreowcearig Old English
- hreowlic Old English
- hreowlice Old English
- hrēow Old English
- rǣw Old English
- reuful Middle English
- reuþe Middle English
- rew Middle English
- rewe Middle English
- rewen Middle English
- rewes Middle English
- rewly Middle English
- ruful Middle English
- *krušiti Proto-Slavic
- hryggbrjóta Icelandic
- hryggdýr Icelandic
- hryggleysingi Icelandic
- hryggur Icelandic
- rouwe Middle Dutch
- hriuwan Old High German
- riuwe Middle High German
- *hreuwu gmw-pro
- rüüwe Alemannic German