Proto-Germanic: *rū(g)wi-, *rū(g)wian-, *rawwṓ, *rawwá-z, *ruwwa-, *riu(g)w=, *rū(g)wiōn
Meaning: rough, rough wool
Old Norse: rǖja wk. `Wolle abpflücken', rɔgg f., rɔggr m. `eingewebte Wollflocke'; rǖ f. `wollene Decke'
Norwegian: dial. rū f. `Winterwolle', rugga, rogga `Decke von grobem Zeug', ragg `struppiges Haar'; rüa `rohwollenes Gewand'
Old Swedish: rüja `Bettdecke'
Swedish: rugg, ragg `rauhes Haar'
Old Danish: rag `rauhes Haar'
Danish: rü `Bettdecke'
Old English: rūh, gen. rūges; rūwa m., rǖhe, rūwa, rēowe f. `Wolldecke'
English: rough
Old Saxon: rūgi 'rauhe Decke', rūwi 'rauhes Fell'
Middle Dutch: ruuch, rū, rou
Dutch: ruig
Middle Low German: rū, rūch, rūwe
Old High German: rūh (9.Jh.) 'uneben, struppig, zottig, stachlig' (9.Jh.)
Middle High German: riuhe, rūhe st. f. `Rauheit, Behaartheit (Schamhaar), Pelzwerk; rauhe Gegend, rauher Weg'; rūch, rūhe ( /rū, rouch) 'haarig, strruppig, zottig, herb, hart, streng, unwirsch, ungebildet'; riuhen wk. 'rauh machen'
German: rauh, { Rauchwerk }
Comments: Partially (with the meaning 'rough') contaminating with reflexes of PIE *rū-.
