wrād-

Branch, root. Oldest form *wreə₂d-, colored to *wraə₂d-, contracted to *wrād-.

Derivatives include root¹, wort, radish, and licorice.

I. Basic form *wrād-. root¹; rutabaga, from Old Norse rōt, root, from Germanic *wrōt-.

II. Zero-grade form *wr̥əd-.

1.

a. wort¹, from Old English wyrt, plant, herb;

b. Gewürztraminer, from Old High German wurz, plant, root;

c. mangel-wurzel, from German Wurzel, root (< *wurzwala, rootstock; *-wala, a roll, round stem; see wel-²). a-c all from Germanic *wurtiz.

2. Suffixed form *wr̥əd-yā-. wort², from Old English wyrt, brewer's wort, from Germanic *wurtjō-.

3. radical, radicle, radish, radix; deracinate, eradicate, irradicable, from Latin rādīx, root.

4. Suffixed form *wrəd-mo-. ramose, ramus; ramify, from Latin rāmus, branch.

5. Perhaps suffixed reduced form *wr̥(ə)d-ya. rhizo-, rhizome; coleorhiza, licorice, mycorrhiza, from Greek rhiza, root.

 

[Pokorny u̯(e)rād- 1167.]

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