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Where does “woartel” come from?

woartel (West Frisian) comes from Old Frisian wirtel, from Proto-Germanic wurt-, from Proto-Germanic wrōts, from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂ds — root.

woartel (West Frisian): root; carrot; square root

Definitions

  1. root; carrot; square root

Ancestry of “woartel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisianwirtel—
2Proto-Germanicwurt-oblique stem of *wrōts
3Proto-Germanicwrōtsroot
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwréh₂dsroot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂ds →