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rudd

UK/ɹʌd/ US/ˈrʌd/ uncommon

noun

Origin

Akin to rud, ruddy, ruddock. Via Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (whence also red) cognate with German Rotfeder, Irish ruán, Slovene rdečeperka. Compare typologically Bulgarian червеноперка (červenoperka) (<+ червен (červen)), Macedonian црвеноперка (crvenoperka) (<+ црвен (crven)), Russian краснопёрка (krasnopjórka) (<+ красный (krasnyj)); Turkish kızılkanat (kızıl + kanat).

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