Old English æ and the -en noun formation continue the reconstructed Germanic *rēd- family; exact separation from related *raidja- outcomes is not asserted.
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-ræden
condition, state, estimation, rule, or relation to the first compound element
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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / reconstructedProto-Germanic · Proto-Germanic · condition arrangement family*rēdan
condition or arrangement family also associated with counsel
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The reconstructed arrangement or condition family continues as condition, status, estimation, and rule in Old English.
Proto-Germanic reconstruction into attested Old English.
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Indo-European Root genə-ar-: *rē-dh-, Old English ræden / -ræden, Germanic *rēdan
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