Etymology Explorer › Icelandic

Where does “hraður” come from?

hraður (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse hraðr, from Proto-Germanic hradaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱret-.

hraður (Icelandic): fast

Definitions

  1. fast

Ancestry of “hraður”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsehraðrfast
2Proto-Germanichradazquick, hasty
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱret-—

Words derived from “hraður”

  • hraðbraut
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱret- →