Where does “wortele” come from?
wortele (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch wurtala, from Proto-Germanic wurt-, from Proto-Germanic wrōts, from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂ds — root.
wortele (Middle Dutch): root; edible root
Ancestry of “wortele”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Dutch | wurtala | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | wurt- | oblique stem of *wrōts |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | wrōts | root |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wréh₂ds | root |
Words derived from “wortele”