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Where does “ruu” come from?

ruu (Vilamovian) comes from Middle High German rō, from Old High German rāo, from Proto-West Germanic hrau, from Proto-Germanic hrawaz, from Proto-Indo-European krewh₂- — blood outside the body.

ruu (Vilamovian): unprocessed; raw; crude; rough; rude

Definitions

  1. unprocessed; raw; crude; rough; rude

Ancestry of “ruu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanrō—
2Old High Germanrāo—
3Proto-West Germanichrauraw
4Proto-Germanichrawazraw, uncooked
5Proto-Indo-Europeankrewh₂-blood outside the body
Every word from Proto-Indo-European krewh₂- →