Where does “Roland” come from?

Roland (Cebuano) comes from English Roland, from Old French Roland, from Proto-West Germanic Hrōþiland, from Proto-West Germanic hrōþi, from Proto-Germanic hrōþiz, from Proto-Indo-European kréh₃tis.

Roland (Cebuano): the titular character of The Song of Roland

Definitions

  1. the titular character of The Song of Roland

Ancestry of “Roland”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishRolandnamed for a Captain Rolland
2Old FrenchRoland—
3Proto-West GermanicHrōþiland—
4Proto-West Germanichrōþipraise, fame, glory, renown
5Proto-Germanichrōþizpraise, fame, glory, renown
6Proto-Indo-Europeankréh₃tis—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kréh₃tis →Every word from Proto-Germanic hrōþiz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hrōþi →