I think you shoud use some .htacess rexrite rules either than relying on the wordpress rewrite functions. It seems more appropriate in your case.
Try a rule like this :
RewriteRule ^root/([a-zA-Z]+)/([a-zA-Z]+)/$ /root/$2/ [R=301,L]
Insert it right after RewriteBase /
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