Where does “Ruë” come from?

Ruë (Limburgish) comes from Proto-Germanic *raud, from Proto-Germanic raudaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₁rowdʰós, from Proto-Indo-European h₁rewdʰ- — red.

Ruë (Limburgish): the color red

Definitions

  1. the color red

Ancestry of “Ruë”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*raud—
2Proto-Germanicraudazred
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rowdʰósred thing
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rewdʰ-red
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁rewdʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁rowdʰós →Every word from Proto-Germanic raudaz →