wroot

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*wer-“to tear, rip, shred”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*wrōtaną“to dig, burrow, stir up”
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*wrōtan
4. Old English · inherited fromwrōtan
5. Middle English · inherited fromwroten
6. English todaywroot

From Middle English wroten, from Old English wrōtan, from Proto-West Germanic *wrōtan, from Proto-Germanic *wrōtaną (“to dig, burrow, stir up”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to tear, rip, shred”).

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