Where does “rokk” come from?

rokk (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse røkkr, from Proto-Germanic rukkô, from Proto-Indo-European rukn-, from Proto-Indo-European ruk-.

rokk (Norwegian Bokmål): a spinning wheel

Definitions

  1. a spinning wheel

Ancestry of “rokk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norserøkkrtwilight
2Proto-Germanicrukkôspinning wheel, distaff
3Proto-Indo-Europeanrukn-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanruk-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ruk- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European rukn- →Every word from Proto-Germanic rukkô →