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Where does “ritjaną” come from?

ritjaną (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European wrid-néh₂-.

ritjaną (Proto-Germanic): to scratch; score; notch; to cut, scratch

Definitions

  1. to scratch; score; notch; to cut, scratch

Ancestry of “ritjaną”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanwrid-néh₂-—

Words derived from “ritjaną”

  • rit
  • ritten
  • rittan
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wrid-néh₂- →