Where does “rocko” come from?

rocko (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic *rokkō, from Proto-Germanic rukkô, from Proto-Indo-European rukn-, from Proto-Indo-European ruk-.

rocko (Old High German): rye; spinning wheel

Definitions

  1. rye; spinning wheel

Ancestry of “rocko”, step by step

rocko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic *rokkō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*rokkō—
2Proto-Germanicrukkôspinning wheel, distaff
3Proto-Indo-Europeanrukn-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanruk-—

via Proto-West Germanic roggō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicroggōrye
2Proto-Germanicruggôrye

Words derived from “rocko”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ruk- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European rukn- →Every word from Proto-Germanic rukkô →