Proto-Germanic

*rukkô

‘spinning wheel, distaff’

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

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

• rocket ← rocchetta ← rocca ← rocko ← *rokkō
• ratchet ← rochet ← rocchetto ← rocca

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *rukkô