Where does “ruwheid” come from?

ruwheid (Dutch) comes from Dutch ruw, from Middle Dutch ruuch, from Old Dutch rūh, from Proto-Germanic rūhwaz — rough.

ruwheid (Dutch): roughness, crudity

Definitions

  1. roughness, crudity

Ancestry of “ruwheid”, step by step

ruwheid traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch ruw

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchruwrough, crude, harsh; raw, crude
2Middle Dutchruuch—
3Old Dutchrūhrough
4Proto-Germanicrūhwazrough

via Dutch heid

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchheid—
Every word from Proto-Germanic rūhwaz →Every word from Old Dutch rūh →Every word from Middle Dutch ruuch →