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Where does “wurtala” come from?

wurtala (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic wurt-, from Proto-Germanic wrōts, from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂ds — root.

Ancestry of “wurtala”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicwurt-oblique stem of *wrōts
2Proto-Germanicwrōtsroot
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwréh₂dsroot

Words derived from “wurtala”

  • worteltrekken
  • vierkantswortel
  • mierikswortel
  • yamswortel
  • wortelstok
  • geelwortel
  • wortel
  • wortele
  • wortel
  • wortel
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂ds →