Where does “Wurzel” come from?

Wurzel (German) comes from Middle High German wurzel, from Old High German wurzala, from Proto-Germanic wurt-, from Proto-Germanic wrōts, from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂ds — root.

Wurzel (German): root; carrot

Definitions

  1. root; carrot

Ancestry of “Wurzel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanwurzela root
2Old High Germanwurzala—
3Proto-Germanicwurt-oblique stem of *wrōts
4Proto-Germanicwrōtsroot
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwréh₂dsroot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂ds →Every word from Proto-Germanic wrōts →Every word from Proto-Germanic wurt- →