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Where does “Rúðuborg” come from?

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

Ancestry of “Rúðuborg”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1IcelandicRúðaRouen
2Danishrudepane; window; square
3Old Norserúta—
4Middle Low Germanrūde—
5Latinrūta—
6Ancient Greekῥυτήrue
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