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Bedeutung (Englisch)

Konzepte

Weinraute

Weinkraut

Gertrudenkraut

Totenkraut

Kreuzraute

Gartenraute

Gnadenkraut

Ruta Graveolens

Rautengewächse

Frequenz

C1
Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/ɹuː/
Etymologie (Englisch)

In summary

From Middle English rewe, reowe, from Old English hrēow (“sorrow, regret, penitence, repentance, penance”), from Proto-West Germanic *hreuwu (“pain, sadness, regret, repentance”). Cognates include German reuen (“to regret, to repent”) and Dutch berouwen (“to regret, to repent”). Probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *krows-. If so, note the same sense evolution with in this case cognate Russian круши́ть (krušítʹ, “to destroy, to shatter”), Russian сокруша́ться (sokrušátʹsja, “to be distressed, to grieve (for, over)”). Also compare Czech truchlit from Proto-Slavic *truxlъ.

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