Proto-Germanic

*rōaną

‘to row’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *rōaną.

7 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *rōaną, most familiar first.

• row ← rowen ← rōwan
• rudder ← rodder ← rōþor ← *rōþr ← *rōþrą
• rudderless ← rudder ← rother ← rōþor ← *rōþr
• rother ← rōþor ← *rōþr ← *rōþrą
• rown ← rowen ← rōwen ← *rōanaz
• rudderlike ← rudder ← rother ← rōþor ← *rōþr
• ruddered ← rudder ← rother ← rōþor ← *rōþr

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *rōaną