Where does “ruostë” come from?

ruostë (Proto-Samic) comes from Proto-Germanic rustaz, from Proto-Indo-European rudʰso-, from Proto-Indo-European h₁rewdʰ- — red.

ruostë (Proto-Samic): rust

Definitions

  1. rust

Ancestry of “ruostë”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicrustazrust
2Proto-Indo-Europeanrudʰso-red
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rewdʰ-red

Words derived from “ruostë”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁rewdʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European rudʰso- →Every word from Proto-Germanic rustaz →