Rod

See also: Appendix:Variations of "rod"

English

Etymology 1

Abbreviated form of Rodney and of Roderick, both with roots originating from Germanic *hrōþiz (“fame”).

Proper noun

Rod

1. A nickname for the male given names Rodney and Roderick.
   • 2025 February 10, Michael Williams, “Trump pardons former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     President Donald Trump on Monday pardoned former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who was sent to prison on corruption charges surrounding his time in office.

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *rȍdъ.

Proper noun

Rod

1. The god of the family, ancestors and fate in Slavic mythology.

Translations

Slavic god

• Czech: Rod m
• Russian: Род m (Rod)

Anagrams

• dor, ODR, d'or, Ord, DOR, D. Or., ord, Dor., DRO, Dor, ORD, dro, RDO

Czech

Etymology

From rod.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrot]

Proper noun

Rod m anim (female equivalent Rodová)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Rod (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Rod	Rodové
genitive	Roda	Rodů
dative	Rodovi	Rodům
accusative	Roda	Rody
vocative	Rode	Rodové
locative	Rodovi	Rodech
instrumental	Rodem	Rody

Proper noun

Rod m anim

1. (Slavic mythology) Rod

Declension

Declension of Rod (sg-only hard masculine animate)

	singular
nominative	Rod
genitive	Roda
dative	Rodovi, Rodu
accusative	Roda
vocative	Rode
locative	Rodovi, Rodu
instrumental	Rodem

Further reading

• “Rod”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)
• Moldanová, Dobrava (2019), Naše příjmení [Our surnames] (in Czech), 5th edition, Prague: Agentura Pankrác, →ISBN, page 156

Hunsrik

Alternative forms

• root (Wiesemann spelling system)

Etymology

From the adjective rod, from Middle High German rōt (“red, red-haired”), from Old High German rōt (“red, scarlet, purple-red, brown-red, yellow-red”), from Proto-West Germanic *raud, from Proto-Germanic *raudaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rowdʰós, from *h₁rewdʰ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /roːt/

Noun

Rod ? (plural Rode)

1. the color red

Derived terms

• weinrod, Weinrod

See also

Colors in Hunsrik · Forrve (layout · text)

Weis	Grau	Schwarz
Rod	Ranschegelleb; Braun	Gelleb, Geel
Grien (Hellgrien), (Neongrien)	Grien (Dunkelgrien)	Menz
Meergrien	Blau (Hellblau)	Blau (Dunkelblau)
Feilche	Rosch, Lila	Roserod

Further reading

• Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Rod”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch

Romanian

Etymology

From rod.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Rod m

1. a village in Tilișca, Sibiu County, Romania

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rôd/

Proper noun

Rȍd m animacy unspecified (Cyrillic spelling Ро̏д)

1. Rhodes

References

• “Rod”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026