Where does “root” come from?

root (Plautdietsch) comes 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.

root (Plautdietsch): red

Definitions

  1. red

Ancestry of “root”, step by step

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

Words derived from “root”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁rewdʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁rowdʰós →Every word from Proto-Germanic raudaz →
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