*wrōts

Runic: ᚹᚱᛟᛏᛊ Pronunciation: /ˈwrɔːts/

noun · feminine · consonant stem

Meanings

root

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds (‘root’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	wrōts	wrōtiz
Acc.	wrōtų	wrōtunz
Gen.	wurtiz	wurtǫ̂
Dat.	wurti	wurtumaz
Inst.	wurtē	wurtumiz
Voc.	wrōt	wrōtiz

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Descendants

*wurti (Proto-West Germanic)
- wurt (Old Dutch)
  - wort (Middle Dutch)
*wurti (Proto-West Germanic)
- wyrt (Old English)
  - wurt, worte, wort (Middle English)
    - wort (English)
    - wurten, worten (Middle English)
*wurti (Proto-West Germanic)
- wyrt (Old English)
  - wurt, worte, wort (Middle English)
    - *wort, wortis (Middle Scots)
      - wirt (Scots)
*wurti (Proto-West Germanic)
- wyrt (Old English)
  - wort, worte (Middle English)
    - wort (English)
    - wirt (Scots)
*wurti (Proto-West Germanic)
- wurz (Old High German)
  - wurz (Middle High German)
    - burtz, buurtza (Cimbrian)
    - Wurz (German)
    - wiyc (Vilamovian)
*wurti (Proto-West Germanic)
- wurz (Old High German)
  - giwurz (Old High German)
    - *gewürze (Middle High German)
      - Gewierz (Luxembourgish)
*wurti (Proto-West Germanic)
- wurz (Old High German)
  - giwurz (Old High German)
    - *gewürze (Middle High German)
      - Gewürz (German)
        
        Gewürz (German Low German)
*wurti (Proto-West Germanic)
- wurt (Old Saxon)
  - wort, wurt (Middle Low German)
rót (Old Norse)
- rod (Danish)
- rót (Faroese)
- rot (Gutnish)
- rót (Icelandic)
- rot (Norwegian)
rót (Old Norse)
- rōt (Old English)
  - rote, root, roote, rot, rotæ (Middle English)
    - ruit, rute (Scots)
rót (Old Norse)
- rōt (Old English)
  - rote, root, roote, rot, rotæ (Middle English)
    - root, wrout, rout, wroot (English)
      - rúta (Irish)
rót (Old Norse)
- rōt (Old Swedish)
  - rot (Swedish)
*ruottës (Proto-Samic)

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