rotian
Old English
verb
Definitions
- to rot, get corrupt, ulcerate, putrify
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *rutāną (rot) derived from Proto-Indo-European *Hrewd-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*Hrewd-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- rot English
- rotten English
- rottenly English
- rottenness English
- rottenstone English
- unrotten English
- *Hrewd- Proto-Indo-European
- *rutāną Proto-Germanic
- rotung Old English
- roten Middle English
- roting Middle English
- rotten Middle English
- rotyng Middle English
- rotynge Middle English
- rotinn Old Norse
- rotna Old Norse
- *roton Old Dutch
- rotia Old Frisian