Cognate Set 8307 – Meaning: root

IE-CoR reference form:
rōt
IE-CoR reference language:
Old English
Ideophonic:
no
Parallel derivation:
no
Loan event:
yes
Parallel loan event:
no
Loan source language:
Old Norse
Loan source lexeme belongs to cognate set:
?*u̯reh₂d- [Proto-Indo-European]
Justification:
Loanword from early Scandinavian, cf. Old Icelandic rót 'root' (Oxford English Dictionary (OED)).
Found in clades:
Germanic
Revised by:
Matthew Scarborough
Found in 1 clade by 1 lexeme.
Language Lexeme Native script Phonetic Phonemic Notes
110   English root ɹuːt Middle English rot, from Old English rōt, from Old Norse
References
  • 84:
    S.v. Engl. root, a borrowing from early Scandinavian (cf. OIc. rót, Far. rót, Norn (Shetland) reithin (dative plural, with (analogical) mutated stem vowel), Nw. rot, OSw. rot (Swedish rot), ODa. root, rot (Da. rod)).