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): inflection of wurzeln: ## first-person singular...

Definitions

  1. inflection of wurzeln: ## first-person singular...

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

Words derived from “wurzel”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂ds →Every word from Proto-Germanic wrōts →Every word from Proto-Germanic wurt- →