Where does “Ragwurz” come from?

Ragwurz (German) comes from German wurz, from Middle High German wurz, from Old High German wurz, from Proto-Germanic wrōts, from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂ds — root.

Ragwurz (German): any plant of the genus Ophrys

Definitions

  1. any plant of the genus Ophrys

Ancestry of “Ragwurz”, step by step

Ragwurz traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German wurz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanwurzroot
2Middle High Germanwurzwort, herb, root
3Old High Germanwurzherb, root, spice
4Proto-Germanicwrōtsroot
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwréh₂dsroot

via German ragen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanragento rise up out; to stick out, to jut out
2Middle High Germanragen—
3Old High Germanhragēn—
4Proto-West Germanic*hragōnto jut out

Words derived from “Ragwurz”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂ds →