PROTO-INDO-EUROPEAN
ROOT
EXTENSIONS
• OInd. ru- 'sound', 'noise'; 'fear', 'alarm'; 'war', 'battle' (MW: 881)
• OInd. ru- 'cry' (Whitney 1885: 141); 'roar', 'bellow', 'howl', 'yelp', 'cry aloud'; 'make noise, 'make sound', 'sing' (as birds), 'hum' (as bees); 'praise' (MW: 881)
References
MW = Monier-Williams, M. 1899. A Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Clarendon Press.