Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *wrōtanąScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_wrōtaną
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*Hreh₃d-to scrape, gnaw, scratch
verbStrong class 7eto root, to dig with the noseOf uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *Hreh₃d- (‘to scrape, gnaw’), or alternatively a verbal formation related to *wrōts (‘root’).