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Where does “roeren” come from?

roeren (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch ruoren, from Proto-West Germanic *hrōʀijan, from Proto-Germanic hrōzijaną, from Proto-Indo-European ḱroHs-.

Ancestry of “roeren”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchruoren—
2Proto-West Germanic*hrōʀijan—
3Proto-Germanichrōzijanąto stir
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱroHs-—

Words derived from “roeren”

  • roerei
  • roeren
  • roerloos
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱroHs- →