Where does “rót” come from?

rót (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic wrōts, from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂ds — root.

rót (Old Norse): root

Definitions

  1. root

Ancestry of “rót”, step by step

rót traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic wrōts

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicwrōtsroot
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwréh₂dsroot

via Proto-Germanic rutą

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicrutą—

Words derived from “rót”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂ds →Every word from Proto-Germanic wrōts →