Where does “Rolanda” come from?

Rolanda (English) 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.

Ancestry of “Rolanda”, 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—
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