Where does “ró” come from?
ró (Hungarian) comes from Ancient Greek ῥῶ, from Phoenician 𐤓.
ró (Hungarian): to notch, carve, engrave, cut into, nick, score;...
Definitions
- to notch, carve, engrave, cut into, nick, score;...
Ancestry of “ró”, step by step
ró traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ancient Greek ῥῶ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | ῥῶ | rho, the name for the seventeenth letter Ρ, ρ of... |
| 2 | Phoenician | 𐤓 | — |
via Proto-Finno-Ugric rokɜ-
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | rokɜ- | to cut, chop up |