Where does “rôt” come from?
rôt (West Frisian) comes from Old Frisian rat, from Proto-West Germanic *ratt, from Proto-Germanic rattaz, from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₃d- — to scrape.
rôt (West Frisian): rat
Ancestry of “rôt”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Frisian | rat | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *ratt | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | rattaz | rat |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreh₃d- | to scrape |