Where does “Routa” come from?

Routa (Luxembourgish) comes from Luxembourgish A, from Middle High German ouwe, from Old High German ouwa, from Proto-West Germanic auwju, from Proto-Germanic awjō, from Proto-Germanic agwjō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ékʷeh₂ — water.

Routa (Luxembourgish): roach

Definitions

  1. roach

Ancestry of “Routa”, step by step

Routa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Luxembourgish A

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LuxembourgishAeye; floodplain, meadow
2Middle High Germanouweterrain, landscape by water, in water, island;...
3Old High Germanouwa
4Proto-West Germanicauwjufloodplain; meadow; island
5Proto-Germanicawjōfloodplain; meadow; island
6Proto-Germanicagwjō
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ékʷeh₂water

via Luxembourgish rout

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Luxembourgishroutred
2Old High Germanrōtred, scarlet, purple-red, brown-red, yellow-red
3Proto-West Germanicraudred
4Proto-Germanicraudazred
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rowdʰósred thing
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rewdʰ-red
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ékʷeh₂Every word from Proto-Germanic agwjōEvery word from Proto-Germanic awjō