Talk:रुद्

Proto-Indo-European root?
Can someone provide a proposed proto-Indo-European root for this term? Could it be *srew- ‎("flow, stream"), which Persian رود is supposed to be derived from? 173.89.236.187 22:01, 11 May 2016 (UTC)
 * It's . —CodeCat 22:04, 11 May 2016 (UTC)

Thank you; is the final hyphen part of the term, and does it need to be capitalized? 173.89.236.187 22:45, 11 May 2016 (UTC)
 * The hyphen marks that it's a root. The capitalised H is for an uncertain laryngeal. —Μετάknowledge discuss/deeds 22:48, 11 May 2016 (UTC)

Many thanks. One final question. For the Persian word رود, the most common meaning is "river." However, the Johnson Arabic-Persian dictionary indicates that a similarly pronounced word, روده (pronounced "rude"), means "gut" or "intestine," or, by extension, a musical instrument (usually a lute, but perhaps also a harp, probably indicating the ultimate origin of such string instruments in the hunting bow). My question is, the Persian "rude" with meaning of "river" comes from the PIE root *srew- ("flow, stream"), but might your sources indicate if this Persian term with similar spelling ("rude") that means "gut, intestine" or string instrument comes from the same PIE root, or a different one--or not from Indo-European at all, but from some other language like a Mesopotamian one? My guess is it's a different one. Thank you so much. 173.89.236.187 22:51, 11 May 2016 (UTC)

Might Persian روده derive from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeud- ‎(“to pour”)--the same root as the English "gut"? 173.89.236.187 23:07, 11 May 2016 (UTC)

RFC discussion: May–August 2016
The definitions are a mess to the point of being unreadable. —CodeCat 22:03, 11 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Cleaned the root definition to some extent. Thank you.--Rajasekhar1961 (talk) 11:33, 5 August 2016 (UTC)