Where does “Rootbuck” come from?

Rootbuck (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch root, from Middle Low German rōt, from Old Saxon rōd, from Proto-West Germanic raud, from Proto-Germanic raudaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₁rowdʰós, from Proto-Indo-European h₁rewdʰ- — red.

Rootbuck (Plautdietsch): robin

Definitions

  1. robin

Ancestry of “Rootbuck”, step by step

Rootbuck traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Plautdietsch root

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Plautdietschrootred
2Middle Low Germanrōt—
3Old Saxonrōdred
4Proto-West Germanicraudred
5Proto-Germanicraudazred
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rowdʰósred thing
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rewdʰ-red

via Plautdietsch Buck

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschBuckstomach, belly, tummy, abdomen
2Middle Low Germanbûkstomach, belly, abdomen, torso
3Old Saxonbūk—
4Proto-West Germanic*būk—
5Proto-Germanicbūkazbelly, abdomen; body
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōw-to inflate, swell; to swell, grow, thrive, be,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁rewdʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁rowdʰós →Every word from Proto-Germanic raudaz →
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