Words that come from Proto-Germanic “rukkô”

86 words across 29 languages descend from Proto-Germanic rukkô — including rocket, ratchet, skyrocket, rocketry, rocketship, retrorocket, rocketeer, rocketlike.

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English (29)

German (14)

Dutch (6)

Italian (5)

French (3)

Norwegian Nynorsk (3)

Gothic (2)

Faroese (2)

Hungarian (2)

Old High German (1)

Icelandic (1)

Japanese (1)

Crimean Tatar (1)

Westrobothnian (1)

Turkish (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Yiddish (1)

Korean (1)

Norwegian Bokmål (1)

Old Norse (1)

Swahili (1)

Hindi (1)

Galician (1)

Portuguese (1)

Romanian (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Middle High German (1)

Middle French (1)