Where does “randonner” come from?

randonner (Middle French) comes from Old French randonner, from Old French randon, from Old French randir, from Frankish rand, from Proto-Germanic randijō, from Proto-Germanic rinnaną, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ér- — to move, to stir.

Ancestry of “randonner”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchrandonnerto run headlong
2Old Frenchrandonrapidity
3Old Frenchrandirto run; to run quickly or impetuously; to gallop
4Frankishrandrun; a course; running
5Proto-Germanicrandijōrunning
6Proto-Germanicrinnanąto run, to rush; to flow
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ér-to move, to stir

Words derived from “randonner”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ér- →Every word from Proto-Germanic rinnaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic randijō →