Where does “wurzelverwandt” come from?

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

wurzelverwandt (German): cognate

Definitions

  1. cognate

Ancestry of “wurzelverwandt”, step by step

wurzelverwandt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German wurzel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanwurzelinflection of wurzeln: ## first-person singular...
2Middle High Germanwurzela root
3Old High Germanwurzala—
4Proto-Germanicwurt-oblique stem of *wrōts
5Proto-Germanicwrōtsroot
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwréh₂dsroot

via German verwandt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanverwandtrelated; past participle of verwenden
2Germanverwendento use; to intercede; to turn away
3Middle High Germanverwenden—
4Old High Germanfirwentento turn away, avert, dissuade, hold back
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂ds →Every word from Proto-Germanic wrōts →Every word from Proto-Germanic wurt- →