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Where does “Rast” come from?

Rast (German) comes from Old High German rasta, from Proto-West Germanic rastu, from Proto-Germanic rastō, from Proto-Indo-European ros-.

Rast (German): rest, a pause, a halt; to stop a march, hike or...

Definitions

  1. rest, a pause, a halt; to stop a march, hike or...

Ancestry of “Rast”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanrastarest
2Proto-West Germanicrasturest
3Proto-Germanicrastōinterval; rest
4Proto-Indo-Europeanros-—

Words derived from “Rast”

  • Autobahnraststätte
  • Raststätte
  • Rastanlage
  • Rasthof
  • Unrast
  • Rastplatz
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