Where does “roer” come from?

roer (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese roer, from Latin rodere, from Latin rodo, from Proto-Indo-European rōd-, from Proto-Indo-European reh₁d- — to scrape, scratch, gnaw.

roer (Galician): to gnaw, to nibble, to bite; to corrode

Definitions

  1. to gnaw, to nibble, to bite; to corrode

Ancestry of “roer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portugueseroer—
2Latinroderesecond-person singular future passive indicative...
3LatinrodoI gnaw, nibble, bite; eat or waste away, corrode,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanrōd-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanreh₁d-to scrape, scratch, gnaw
Every word from Proto-Indo-European reh₁d- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European rōd- →Every word from Latin rodo →