An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/rösten

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, R (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis

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Friedrich Kluge2510775An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, R — rösten1891John Francis Davis

rösten (1.), see under Rost (1).

rosten (2.), vb., ‘to steep, water-rot flax or hemp,’ from MidHG. rœȥen, rœtzen, ‘to rot, cause to rot,’ implying a connection with rösten (1); allied to rôȥ, adj., ‘mellow, soft,’ rôȥȥen, ‘to rot,’ and OHG. rôȥȥên, ‘to rot.’ From a Teut. root raut, ‘to rot’; comp. Du. rot, ‘rotten, decayed,’ OSax. rôtôn, ‘to rot,’ AS. rotian, E. to rot, to ret (from AS. *reátian?), ‘to steep, water-rot,’ OIc. rotenn, ‘putrefied’; see rotten (2).