Where does “Rostov” come from?

Rostov is an English name for a Russian city, from Russian Росто́в, of uncertain origin.

Ancestry of “Rostov”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Russian	рост	growth; growth, increase, rise; height, stature
2	Old East Slavic	ростъ	—
3	Proto-Slavic	orstъ	—
4	Proto-Slavic	slàva	fame; glory; glory, fame
5	Proto-Indo-European	ḱlew-	to hear
6	Proto-Indo-European	ḱel-	to cover; to incline

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