Where does “rocke” come from?

rocke (Middle High German) comes from Old High German rocko, from Proto-West Germanic *rokkō, from Proto-Germanic rukkô, from Proto-Indo-European rukn-, from Proto-Indo-European ruk-.

Ancestry of “rocke”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanrockorye; spinning wheel
2Proto-West Germanic*rokkō
3Proto-Germanicrukkôspinning wheel, distaff
4Proto-Indo-Europeanrukn-
5Proto-Indo-Europeanruk-

Words derived from “rocke

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ruk-Every word from Proto-Indo-European rukn-Every word from Proto-Germanic rukkô