roer
Dutch (Brabantic)
/rur/
noun
Definitions
- A boat's wheel
- A rudder, device to steer a vessel
- (figuratively) (used absolutely, with the definite article: het roer) control
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch roeder inherited from Old Dutch *ruother inherited from Proto-Germanic *rōþrą (rudder, instrument for rowing, oar, literally paddle) root from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁- (row, separate).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₁reh₁-
Gloss
row, separate
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- rudder English
- ruddered English
- rudderfish English
- rudderhead English
- rudderhole English
- rudderless English
- rudderlike English
- rudderpost English
- rudderstock English
- blaasroer Dutch, Flemish
- blazen Dutch, Flemish
- dragen Dutch, Flemish
- ganger Dutch, Flemish
- lont Dutch, Flemish
- lontroer Dutch, Flemish
- roerdrager Dutch, Flemish
- roerganger Dutch, Flemish
- rollen Dutch, Flemish
- rolroer Dutch, Flemish
- vuur Dutch, Flemish
- vuurroer Dutch, Flemish
- рулевой Russian
- рулить Russian
- руль Russian
- αὐτερέτης Ancient Greek
- ἐρετμόν Ancient Greek
- ἐρῆμος Ancient Greek
- *h₁reh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *-þrą Proto-Germanic
- *rainō Proto-Germanic
- *rōaną Proto-Germanic
- *rōþrą Proto-Germanic
- roþor Old English
- rōþor Old English
- ऋते Sanskrit
- rodder Middle English
- róðr Old Norse
- رل Persian
- roeder Middle Dutch
- ruodar Old High German
- ruoder Old High German
- rōr Old High German
- roer Afrikaans
- roerbraai Afrikaans
- roereier Afrikaans
- Rouer Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- Rudder Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *ruother Old Dutch
- *rāyeti Proto-Celtic
- roder Middle Low German
- *rōthar Old Saxon
- *roþs- Old Swedish
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