Where does “mierikswortel” come from?

mierikswortel (Dutch) comes from Dutch wortel, from Middle Dutch wortele, from Old Dutch wurtala, from Proto-Germanic wurt-, from Proto-Germanic wrōts, from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂ds — root.

mierikswortel (Dutch): The root of the horseradish, harvested as a...

Definitions

  1. The root of the horseradish, harvested as a...

Ancestry of “mierikswortel”, step by step

mierikswortel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch wortel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchwortelcarrot; root; square root, root
2Middle Dutchworteleroot; edible root
3Old Dutchwurtala—
4Proto-Germanicwurt-oblique stem of *wrōts
5Proto-Germanicwrōtsroot
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwréh₂dsroot

via Dutch mierik

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchmierikhorseradish
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂ds →Every word from Proto-Germanic wrōts →Every word from Proto-Germanic wurt- →