Where does “Ró” come from?
Ró (Faroese) comes from Old Norse Ró, from Proto-Germanic wranhō, from Proto-Indo-European wrenk-, from Latvian wer- — to turn, to bend.
Ancestry of “Ró”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | Ró | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | wranhō | angle, corner, nook |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | wrenk- | to turn, twist, bend |
| 4 | Latvian | wer- | to turn, to bend |