Where does “restan” come from?

restan (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic rastijan, from Proto-Indo-European ros-.

restan (Old English): to rest

Definitions

  1. to rest

Ancestry of “restan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicrastijanto rest
2Proto-Indo-Europeanros-—

Words derived from “restan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ros- →Every word from Proto-West Germanic rastijan →
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