Where does “Ró” come from?

Ró (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic wranhō, from Proto-Indo-European wrenk-, from Latvian wer- — to turn, to bend.

Ró (Old Norse): rest (state of inner peace)

Definitions

  1. rest (state of inner peace)

Ancestry of “Ró”, step by step

Ró traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic wranhō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicwranhōangle, corner, nook
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwrenk-to turn, twist, bend
3Latvianwer-to turn, to bend

via Proto-Germanic *rōō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*rōōcalm, quiet
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁reh₁-to row; to separate; loose, sparse, rare

Words derived from “Ró”

Every word from Latvian wer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wrenk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wranhō →