Where does “wortel” come from?

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

Ancestry of “wortel”, step by step

wortel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic wurt-

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

via Proto-Germanic waluz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicwaluzstaff, stick
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwēl-to see, perceive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂ds →Every word from Proto-Germanic wrōts →Every word from Proto-Germanic wurt- →