Where does “Spießrute” come from?

Spießrute (German) comes from German rūte, from Middle High German ruote, from Old High German ruota, from Proto-Germanic rōdō, from Proto-Indo-European rōt-.

Spießrute (German): kind of prod used to punish lansquenets

Definitions

  1. kind of prod used to punish lansquenets

Ancestry of “Spießrute”, step by step

Spießrute traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German rūte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanrūterod
2Middle High Germanruote—
3Old High Germanruotarod
4Proto-Germanicrōdōrod, pole
5Proto-Indo-Europeanrōt-—

via German Spieß

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSpießspit; pike; A rank in the German military,...
2Middle High Germanspieȥ—
3Old High Germanspioz—
4Proto-Germanic*speut—

Words derived from “Spießrute”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European rōt- →