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Where does “roða” come from?

roða (Old Norse) comes from Old Norse -na, from Proto-Germanic -naną, from Proto-Germanic -nō-, from Proto-Indo-European -néh₂-.

Ancestry of “roða”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norse-naUsed to form inchoative verbs from adjectives;...
2Proto-Germanic-nanąForms fientive verbs, with a sense of 'to become...
3Proto-Germanic-nō-—
4Proto-Indo-European-néh₂-—

Words derived from “roða”

  • röda
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -néh₂- →