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Which languages are the word rough from?

The word "rough" has its origins in Old English (c. 450-1150 AD).

The Old English form was "rūh", which meant "rough, shaggy, coarse, harsh". This word itself likely came from Proto-Germanic, the ancestor language of English, German, Dutch, and others. The Proto-Germanic form is reconstructed as "*ruhaz".

So, while "rough" ultimately has its roots in the Germanic branch of the Indo-European language family, it doesn't have direct cognates in other languages outside of that family.

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