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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Rose

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, R (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
Rose
Friedrich Kluge2510771An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, R — Rose1891John Francis Davis

Rose, f., ‘rose,’ from the equiv. MidHG. rôse, OHG. rôsa, f.; comp. the equiv. Du. roos, AS. rŏse, E. rose; adopted in the OHG. period from Lat. rŏsa. Had the word been borrowed earlier, the Lat. quantity would have been retained in G. (in Lilie, from Lat. lîlia, the vowel was shortened, because lĭlja was the pronunciation in MidLat.). Lat. *rôsa is, however, implied also by the Rom. cognates, Ital. rosa and Fr. rose. A Lat. ŏ must have led in OHG. to the form *ruosa; comp. OHG. scuola, ‘school,’ from Lat. scŏla.