Where does “roskam” come from?
roskam (Lower Sorbian) comes from Lower Sorbian roska, from Lower Sorbian rosa, from Proto-Slavic rosà, from Proto-Balto-Slavic rasā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European h₁rṓs.
roskam (Lower Sorbian): dative plural of roska
Ancestry of “roskam”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Lower Sorbian | roska | Diminutive of rosa |
| 2 | Lower Sorbian | rosa | dew |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | rosà | — |
| 4 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | rasā́ˀ | dew |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁rṓs | — |