Rüen

Low German Alternative forms nds Rühe Paderbornisch nds Rüë Lippisch nds Rüe Lippisch, Münsterländisch, Sauerländisch nds rüe Sauerländisch; scientific spelling Etymology From the oblique form of nds Rüe (still retained in some dialects), itself with d-loss from older nds Rüede, from nds gml rȫde, from nds osx *(h)ruthio, from nds gem-pro *hruþjô male dog, possibly from gem-pro *hruttōn- to roar, from a nds ine-pro - root shared by grc κόρυζα, ang hrot. Or, from gem-pro *hreutan-, gem-pro *hrūtan-, gem-pro *hruttōną to snore, which would be related to non hrjóta. Cognate with nl reu, de Rüde. Both of these now mean “male dog”, but the original meaning was “large dog, hound”. Pronunciation nds /rʏə̯n/ Noun nds noun form nds Rüe accusative singular ; nominative plural Alternative forms nds Rüens pl. References hruþjan