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

ruu traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle High German

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High German
2Old High Germanrāo
3Proto-West Germanichrauraw
4Proto-Germanichrawazraw, uncooked
5Proto-Indo-Europeankrewh₂-blood outside the body

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian duha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianduhatwo
2Proto-Austronesian*duha
3Proto-AustronesianduSatwo

via Proto-Sino-Tibetan r-kəw

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Sino-Tibetanr-kəw
Every word from Proto-Indo-European krewh₂-Every word from Proto-Germanic hrawazEvery word from Proto-West Germanic hrau