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Where does “ruosta” come from?

ruosta (Northern Sami) comes from Proto-Samic ruostë, from Proto-Germanic rustaz, from Proto-Indo-European rudʰso-, from Proto-Indo-European h₁rewdʰ- — red.

ruosta (Northern Sami): rust

Definitions

  1. rust

Ancestry of “ruosta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Samicruostërust
2Proto-Germanicrustazrust
3Proto-Indo-Europeanrudʰso-red
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rewdʰ-red
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁rewdʰ- →