Where does “ræst” come from?

ræst (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic rastu, from Proto-Germanic rastō, from Proto-Indo-European ros-.

ræst (Old English): rest, quiet, freedom from toil, repose, sleep,...

Definitions

  1. rest, quiet, freedom from toil, repose, sleep,...

Ancestry of “ræst”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicrasturest
2Proto-Germanicrastōinterval; rest
3Proto-Indo-Europeanros-—

Words derived from “ræst”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ros- →Every word from Proto-Germanic rastō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic rastu →