• hakase@lemmy.zip
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    11 days ago

    From a similar thread on the other website hypothesizing what the Modern English word would be if it survived:

    After the later metathesis to *h₂ŕ̥ḱtos, it could have become Proto-Germanic *urhtaz, which might have taken any number of forms in Old English, *urht, *orht, *roht. Probably at the extreme it could have become English *rought, pronounced like ‘wrought’ or ‘rout’.

    Good luck with your summoning!