Where does “ruhig” come from?

ruhig (German) comes from Middle High German ruowec — quiet.

ruhig (German): quiet; calm; quietly

Definitions

  1. quiet; calm; quietly

Ancestry of “ruhig”, step by step

ruhig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle High German ruowec

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanruowecquiet

via Hungarian rüh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianrühscabies

Words derived from “ruhig”

Every word from Middle High German ruowec →