Where does “Rohkost” come from?

Rohkost (German) comes from German roh, from Middle High German rō, from Old High German rāo, from Proto-West Germanic hrau, from Proto-Germanic hrawaz, from Proto-Indo-European krewh₂- — blood outside the body.

Rohkost (German): raw food, in particular fruits and vegetables

Definitions

  1. raw food, in particular fruits and vegetables

Ancestry of “Rohkost”, step by step

Rohkost traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German roh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanrohraw; unprocessed, crude, raw; unrefined, rude,...
2Middle High Germanrō—
3Old High Germanrāo—
4Proto-West Germanichrauraw
5Proto-Germanichrawazraw, uncooked
6Proto-Indo-Europeankrewh₂-blood outside the body

via German Kost

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKostfood, fare, diet, board, commons; meal
2Middle High Germankost—
3Medieval Latincostusan aromatic plant
4Latincōnstāre—

Words derived from “Rohkost”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European krewh₂- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hrawaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hrau →