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Where does “ruscum” come from?

ruscum (Latin) comes from Proto-Celtic rūskos, from Proto-Indo-European HrewH- — to dig.

Ancestry of “ruscum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celticrūskosbark
2Proto-Indo-EuropeanHrewH-to dig
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