Where does “roter” come from?

roter (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål rotere, from Latin rotō, from Latin Rota, from Proto-Italic rotā, from Proto-Indo-European Hróth₂-eh₂, from Proto-Indo-European Hreth₂- — to run.

roter (Norwegian Bokmål): present of rote; imperative of rotere

Definitions

  1. present of rote; imperative of rotere

Ancestry of “roter”, step by step

roter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål rotere

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålrotereto rotate
2Latinrotōto turn, trend, wheel, roll, swing about, whirl, rotate; brandish
3LatinRotaan ecclesiastical appellate court in the Catholic...
4Proto-Italicrotā
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanHróth₂-eh₂
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreth₂-to run

via Norwegian Bokmål rote

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålroteto untidy, to make a mess; to fool around
2Old Norserótagenitive plural indefinite of rót
Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hreth₂-Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hróth₂-eh₂Every word from Proto-Italic rotā
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