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Where does “rüegen” come from?

rüegen (Middle High German) comes from Old High German ruogen, from Proto-Germanic wrōgijaną, from Proto-Indo-European were-.

Ancestry of “rüegen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanruogento accuse
2Proto-Germanicwrōgijanąto tell, speak, proclaim, shout; to accuse
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwere-—
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