Where does “Roggen” come from?

Roggen (German) comes from German rocken, from Middle High German rocke, from Old High German rocko, from Proto-West Germanic *rokkō, from Proto-Germanic rukkô, from Proto-Indo-European rukn-, from Proto-Indo-European ruk-.

Roggen (German): rye

Definitions

  1. rye

Ancestry of “Roggen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanrockento get done, to accomplish
2Middle High Germanrocke—
3Old High Germanrockorye; spinning wheel
4Proto-West Germanic*rokkō—
5Proto-Germanicrukkôspinning wheel, distaff
6Proto-Indo-Europeanrukn-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanruk-—

Words derived from “Roggen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ruk- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European rukn- →Every word from Proto-Germanic rukkô →