Where does “rýja” come from?

rýja (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic rūjaną, from Proto-Indo-European (H)rewH- — to dig out, to root.

rýja (Old Norse): to tear out wool

Definitions

  1. to tear out wool

Ancestry of “rýja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicrūjaną—
2Proto-Indo-European(H)rewH-to dig out, to root

Words derived from “rýja”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (H)rewH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic rūjaną →