Where does “rest” come from?

rest (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic rastō, from Proto-Indo-European ros-.

rest (Old English): rest; resting place; bed

Definitions

  1. rest; resting place; bed

Ancestry of “rest”, step by step

rest traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic rastō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicrastōinterval; rest
2Proto-Indo-Europeanros-—

via Proto-Germanic rastijō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicrastijōrest
2Proto-Indo-Europeanres-to shout, speak; to shout, speak; voice, speech,...

Words derived from “rest”

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