Where does “*wreoþa” come from?

*wreoþa (Old English) comes from West Germanic *wriþō, from Germanic *wriþô, from Proto-Indo-European wreyt-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

Ancestry of “*wreoþa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1West Germanic*wriþō—
2Germanic*wriþô—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwreyt-to twist
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel

Words derived from “*wreoþa”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wreyt- →Every word from Germanic *wriþô →