Rüen

Etymology
From the oblique form of (still retained in some dialects), itself with d-loss from older, from , from , from , possibly from , from a  root shared by 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. Or, from 🇨🇬,, , which would be related to 🇨🇬.

Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. Both of these now mean “male dog”, but the original meaning was “large dog, hound”.

Noun

 * 1)   dog