Where does “רוס” come from?

רוס (Yiddish) comes from Middle High German ruoz, from Old High German ruoz, from Proto-Germanic hrōtaz, from Proto-Indo-European kreH(u)d- — grime, soot.

רוס (Yiddish): Russian; cockroach

Definitions

  1. Russian; cockroach

Ancestry of “רוס”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanruoz—
2Old High Germanruoz—
3Proto-Germanichrōtazsoot
4Proto-Indo-EuropeankreH(u)d-grime, soot

Words derived from “רוס”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kreH(u)d- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hrōtaz →Every word from Old High German ruoz →