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

Definitions

  1. root; edible root

Ancestry of “wortele”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchwurtala—
2Proto-Germanicwurt-oblique stem of *wrōts
3Proto-Germanicwrōtsroot
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwréh₂dsroot

Words derived from “wortele”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂ds →Every word from Proto-Germanic wrōts →Every word from Proto-Germanic wurt- →