Where does “wortel” come from?

wortel (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch wortele, from Old Dutch wurtala, from Proto-Germanic wurt-, from Proto-Germanic wrōts, from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂ds — root.

wortel (Dutch): carrot; root; square root, root

Definitions

  1. carrot; root; square root, root

Ancestry of “wortel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchworteleroot; edible root
2Old Dutchwurtala—
3Proto-Germanicwurt-oblique stem of *wrōts
4Proto-Germanicwrōtsroot
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwréh₂dsroot

Words derived from “wortel”

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