Where does “Roland” come from?

Roland derives from Proto-West Germanic Hrōþiland, a compound of Hrōþi and land, which comes from Proto-Germanic landą, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European lendʰ-.

Roland (English): named for a Captain Rolland

Definitions

  1. named for a Captain Rolland

Ancestry of “Roland”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchRoland—
2Proto-West GermanicHrōþiland—
3Proto-West Germanichrōþipraise, fame, glory, renown
4Proto-Germanichrōþizpraise, fame, glory, renown
5Proto-Indo-Europeankréh₃tis—

Words derived from “Roland”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kréh₃tis →Every word from Proto-Germanic hrōþiz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hrōþi →