Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/roþōn

Etymology
Possibly inherited from Proto-Germanic. Kroonen reconstructs -  an iterative verb to the strong verb. However, this doesn't account for the dental fricative that should be reconstructed for the Old Frisian and Old High German descendants. Orel suggests that Old Norse is cognate, although the semantic development is unclear.

Verb

 * 1) to clear
 * 2) to uproot