rudder etymology

Middle English word rudder comes from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-, and later Proto-Germanic *hrunþaz (A horned beast, as in a neat or ox.)

Detailed word origin of rudder

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
*ḱerh₂- Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro)
*hrunþaz Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) A horned beast, as in a neat or ox.
hrūþ Old English (ang)
rudder Middle English (enm)

Words with the same origin as rudder

Descendants of *ḱerh₂-
corner hart heort herne hert hiren hirne horn horne huirne hurne hyrne inkhorn rather reother rether rither rodder rother ruther sere unikorn