Where does “rooster” come from?

rooster (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch rôosten, from Old Dutch rōsten, from Proto-Germanic *raustijan, from Proto-Indo-European *Hrews-.

rooster (Dutch): grill, grid a metallic maze-structure; some...

Definitions

  1. grill, grid a metallic maze-structure; some...

Ancestry of “rooster”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchrôostento roast
2Old Dutchrōsten—
3Proto-Germanic*raustijan—
4Proto-Indo-European*Hrews-—

Words derived from “rooster”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *Hrews- →Every word from Proto-Germanic *raustijan →Every word from Old Dutch rōsten →