Reconstruction talk:Proto-Germanic/hreubaz

Hi @Sokkjo. I was wondering whether you may help with the following.

If I have interpreted Von Wartburg's comments correctly, he is saying that from *hreubaz there came a Frankish derivative *(h)reubisk 'rough', whence the French revêche 'rough', and that there was also a corresponding noun from which came the Old High German hruf 'scab', Swiss German ruf 'children's scabby head rash'. On the latter was built another Frankish derivative *(h)rubisk, whence the French rêche 'rough'. VW does not indicate the survival of either adjective in Germanic itself, only providing French and other northern Gallo-Romance reflexes.

Do you find the Germanic side of all this reasonable? For instance, that OHG hruf (> Lux. Roff) derives from a noun counterpart of *hreubaz? Nicodene (talk) 22:18, 17 December 2023 (UTC)

@Nicodene: I wouldn't create PWG entry for it, but it's worth mentioning: RC:Proto-West Germanic/hreub. -- Sokkjō 06:22, 19 December 2023 (UTC)