hryþþa

== Old English == === Alternative forms === ryþþa === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *hruþþjō, from Proto-Germanic *hruþjô (“male dog”), clearly connected to Old High German rudio and Dutch reu. Possibly from *hruttōn- (“to roar”), from a Proto-Indo-European root shared by Ancient Greek κόρυζα (kóruza), Old English hrot. Or, from Proto-Germanic *hreutaną, *hrūtaną, *hruttōną (“to snore”), which would be related to Old Norse hrjóta. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈryθ.θɑ/ === Noun === hryþþa m (nominative plural ryþþan) mastiff, large dog ==== Declension ==== Weak: === Further reading === Kroonen, Guus (2013), “hruþjan”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN