Where does “root” come from?

root (North Frisian) comes from Old Frisian rat, from Proto-West Germanic *ratt, from Proto-Germanic rattaz, from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₃d- — to scrape.

root (North Frisian): rat

Definitions

  1. rat

Ancestry of “root”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisianrat—
2Proto-West Germanic*ratt—
3Proto-Germanicrattazrat
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreh₃d-to scrape
Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₃d- →Every word from Proto-Germanic rattaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *ratt →