Where does “schubwortel” come from?

schubwortel (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.

schubwortel (Dutch): a toothwort; any plant of the genus Lathraea

Definitions

  1. a toothwort; any plant of the genus Lathraea

Ancestry of “schubwortel”, step by step

schubwortel 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 schub

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchschubscale; pigmented, chitinous segment of butterfly...
2Middle Dutchschubbe—

Words derived from “schubwortel”

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