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Where does “*rōdu” come from?

*rōdu (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic rōdō, from Proto-Indo-European rōt-.

Ancestry of “*rōdu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicrōdōrod, pole
2Proto-Indo-Europeanrōt-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European rōt- →