Where does “rust” come from?
rust (Danish) comes from Old Swedish rost, from Old Norse rustr, from Proto-Germanic rustaz, from Proto-Indo-European rudʰso-, from Proto-Indo-European h₁rewdʰ- — red.
rust (Danish): rust; corrosion; imperative of ruste
Definitions
- rust; corrosion; imperative of ruste
Ancestry of “rust”, step by step