Where does “Ruhr” come from?

Ruhr (English) comes from German Ruhr — dysentery.

Ruhr (English): a branch of the river Rhine and its basin

Definitions

  1. a branch of the river Rhine and its basin

Ancestry of “Ruhr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanRuhrdysentery
Every word from German Ruhr