Where does “rōt” come from?

rōt (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic raud, from Proto-Germanic raudaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₁rowdʰós, from Proto-Indo-European h₁rewdʰ- — red.

Ancestry of “rōt”, step by step

rōt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic raud

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicraudred
2Proto-Germanicraudazred
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rowdʰósred thing
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rewdʰ-red

via Proto-Germanic hrōtaz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanichrōtazsoot
2Proto-Indo-EuropeankreH(u)d-grime, soot

Words derived from “rōt”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁rewdʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁rowdʰós →Every word from Proto-Germanic raudaz →