Where does “Rote Grütze” come from?

Rote Grütze (German) comes from German rōt, from Middle High German rōt, from Old High German rōt, from Proto-West Germanic raud, from Proto-Germanic raudaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₁rowdʰós, from Proto-Indo-European h₁rewdʰ- — red.

Rote Grütze (German): red fruit jelly, red fruit pudding

Definitions

  1. red fruit jelly, red fruit pudding

Ancestry of “Rote Grütze”, step by step

Rote Grütze traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German rōt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanrōt—
2Middle High Germanrōtred, red-haired
3Old High Germanrōtred, scarlet, purple-red, brown-red, yellow-red
4Proto-West Germanicraudred
5Proto-Germanicraudazred
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rowdʰósred thing
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rewdʰ-red

via German Grütze

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanGrützea food of coarsely ground cereal grains: groat;...
2Middle High Germangrütze—
3Old High Germangruzziheap, pile
4Proto-Germanic*gruti—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁rewdʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁rowdʰós →Every word from Proto-Germanic raudaz →