Where does “Wuerzel” come from?

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

Wuerzel (Luxembourgish): root

Definitions

  1. root

Ancestry of “Wuerzel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanwurzala—
2Proto-Germanicwurt-oblique stem of *wrōts
3Proto-Germanicwrōtsroot
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwréh₂dsroot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂ds →Every word from Proto-Germanic wrōts →Every word from Proto-Germanic wurt- →