Where does “piparrót” come from?

piparrót (Faroese) comes from Icelandic pipar, from Danish peber, from Old Danish pipær, from Old Norse piparr, from Old Saxon *pipar, from Proto-West Germanic *pipar, from Latin piper, from Ancient Greek πέπερι — berry; the sacred fig, "Ficus religiosa"; a kind...

piparrót (Faroese): horseradish

Definitions

horseradish

Ancestry of “piparrót”, step by step

piparrót traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic pipar

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Icelandic	pipar	pepper
2	Danish	peber	pepper
3	Old Danish	pipær	pepper
4	Old Norse	piparr	pepper
5	Old Saxon	*pipar	—
6	Proto-West Germanic	*pipar	pepper
7	Latin	piper	pepper
8	Ancient Greek	πέπερι	pepper; black pepper
9	Sanskrit	पिप्पलि	berry; peppercorn; long pepper
10	Sanskrit	पिप्पल	berry; the sacred fig, "Ficus religiosa"; a kind...

via Icelandic rót

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Icelandic	rót	root; the roots of something, the beginning or...
2	Old Norse	rót	root
3	Proto-Germanic	wrōts	root
4	Proto-Indo-European	wréh₂ds	root

via Faroese pipar

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Faroese	pipar	pepper
2	Old Norse	pipari	—

Every word from Sanskrit पिप्पल →Every word from Sanskrit पिप्पलि →Every word from Ancient Greek πέπερι →