Where does “uitroeien” come from?

uitroeien (Dutch) comes from Dutch uit, from Middle Dutch uut, from Old Dutch ūt, from Proto-West Germanic *ūt, from Proto-Germanic ūt, from Proto-Indo-European úd — out, outward.

uitroeien (Dutch): to root out, to exterminate

Definitions

  1. to root out, to exterminate

Ancestry of “uitroeien”, step by step

uitroeien traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch uit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchuitout, from the inside to the outside; out, off;...
2Middle Dutchuut—
3Old Dutchūtoutside
4Proto-West Germanic*ūtout, outward
5Proto-Germanicūtout, outward
6Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward

via Dutch roeien

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchroeiento row
2Middle Dutchroeyento row
3Old Dutchruoien—
4Proto-Germanicrōanąto row
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁reh₁-to row; to separate; loose, sparse, rare

Words derived from “uitroeien”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European úd →Every word from Proto-Germanic ūt →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *ūt →