Where does “verruwen” come from?

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

verruwen (Dutch): to grow rough or uneven

Definitions

  1. to grow rough or uneven

Ancestry of “verruwen”, step by step

verruwen 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 ver- -en

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchver- -enForms factitive or ergative verbs from adjectives, meaning "to make more (adjective)" or "to become (adjective)"
Every word from Proto-Germanic rūhwaz →Every word from Old Dutch rūh →Every word from Middle Dutch ruuch →