Proto-West Germanic

*raustijan

‘to broil, roast’

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

3 English words in this record descend from Proto-West Germanic *raustijan, most familiar first.

• roster ← rooster ← roosten ← *rōsten
• roasting ← rostynge ← rosten ← rostir ← *rōstjan
• roaster ← roster ← rosten ← rostir ← *rōstjan

Etymograph / Proto-West Germanic *raustijan