Where does “wurzel” come from?

wurzel (Middle High German) comes from Old High German wurzala, from Proto-Germanic wurt-, from Proto-Germanic wrōts, from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂ds — root.

wurzel (Middle High German): a root

Definitions

  1. a root

Ancestry of “wurzel”, step by step

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

Words derived from “wurzel”

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