rend
English
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To separate into parts with force or sudden violence; to split; to burst
- (transitive) To part or tear off forcibly; to take away by force; to amputate.
- (intransitive) To be rent or torn; to become parted; to separate; to split.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English renden inherited from Old English rendan (tear, cut down, cut, lacerate, rend) inherited from Proto-Germanic *hrandijaną (tear), *hrindaną (push) derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱret-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ḱret-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- berend English
- rendest English
- rendeth English
- rendrock English
- rock English
- rynd English
- torend English
- *kret- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱret- Proto-Indo-European
- *hrandijaną Proto-Germanic
- *hrindaną Proto-Germanic
- hrindan Old English
- rendan Old English
- *berenden Middle English
- renden Middle English
- torenden Middle English
- hrinda Old Norse
- ræna Old Norse
- ræna Icelandic
- krënd Albanian
- *hrindan gmw-pro
- *ka-randa Proto-Albanian