Where does “ruin” come from?
ruin (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Latin ruīna, from Latin ruō, from Proto-Indo-European h₃rew-, from Proto-Indo-European -w-.
ruin (Norwegian Nynorsk): ruin
Ancestry of “ruin”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | ruīna | — |
| 2 | Latin | ruō | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃rew- | to run, to hurry |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -w- | — |