Etymograph

English

rueda

Rueda comes from Spanish rueda ‘wheel’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *Hreth₂- ‘to run’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*Hreth₂-1‘to run’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*Hróth₂eh₂1reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*rotā1reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErota1‘wheel’
  5. Old Spanishc. 950–1500rueda1‘wheel’
  6. Spanishc. 1500–presentrueda1‘wheel’
  7. Englishtodayrueda1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English rueda

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*Hreth₂-Wiktionary, English rueda‘to run’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*Hróth₂eh₂Wiktionary, English ruedareconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*rotāWiktionary, English ruedareconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErotaWiktionary, English rueda‘wheel’
  5. Old Spanishc. 950–1500ruedaWiktionary, English rueda‘wheel’
  6. Spanishc. 1500–presentruedaWiktionary, English rueda‘wheel’
  7. EnglishtodayruedaWiktionary, English rueda

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *Hreth₂- ‘to run’

rash, rotate, 14 more

through Proto-Italic *rotā

rotavirus, 12 more

through Latin rota ‘wheel’

roll, rotation, rotary, rota, rotund, 13 more

through Spanish rueda ‘wheel’

rodeo

Today it means

noun A kind of salsa round dance.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “rueda”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *Hreth₂- / rueda

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