Where does “ro” come from?

ro (Danish) comes from Old Norse Ró, from Proto-Germanic wranhō, from Proto-Indo-European wrenk-, from Latvian wer- — to turn, to bend.

ro (Danish): calmness; to row

Definitions

  1. calmness; to row

Ancestry of “ro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old NorseRórest (state of inner peace)
2Proto-Germanicwranhōangle, corner, nook
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwrenk-to turn, twist, bend
4Latvianwer-to turn, to bend

Words derived from “ro”

Every word from Latvian wer- →