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Where does “Rúða” come from?

Rúða (Icelandic) comes from Danish rude, from Old Norse rúta, from Middle Low German rūde, from Latin rūta, from Ancient Greek ῥυτή — rue.

Rúða (Icelandic): Rouen

Definitions

  1. Rouen

Ancestry of “Rúða”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishrudepane; window; square
2Old Norserúta—
3Middle Low Germanrūde—
4Latinrūta—
5Ancient Greekῥυτήrue

Words derived from “Rúða”

  • Rúðuborg
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