Where does “Rutil” come from?

Rutil (German) comes from Latin rutilus, from Proto-Indo-European h₁rewdʰ- — red.

Rutil (German): rutile

Definitions

  1. rutile

Ancestry of “Rutil”, step by step

Rutil traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin rutilus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinrutilusred; strawberry blonde
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rewdʰ-red

via French rutile

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchrutilerutile

Words derived from “Rutil”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁rewdʰ- →Every word from Latin rutilus →
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