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Where does “fruktr” come from?

fruktr (Old Norse) comes from Middle Low German vrucht, from Old Saxon fruht, from Proto-West Germanic *fruht, from Latin frūctus, from Ancient Greek δῶρον, from Proto-Hellenic dṓron, from Proto-Indo-European déh₃rom, from Proto-Indo-European deh₃- — to give.

Ancestry of “fruktr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanvrucht—
2Old Saxonfruht—
3Proto-West Germanic*fruht—
4Latinfrūctus—
5Ancient Greekδῶρονgift; hand's width
6Proto-Hellenicdṓrongift
7Proto-Indo-Europeandéh₃romgift
8Proto-Indo-Europeandeh₃-to give

Words derived from “fruktr”

  • fruktsallad
  • frukt
  • grapefrukt
  • passionsfrukt
  • fruktträd
  • fruktskivare
  • fruktämne
  • fruktplockare
  • befrugte
  • frugt
  • piparfrukt
  • frukt
  • frukttræ
  • frukt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European deh₃- →