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Where does “rustr” come from?

rustr (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic rustaz, from Proto-Indo-European rudʰso-, from Proto-Indo-European h₁rewdʰ- — red.

Ancestry of “rustr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicrustazrust
2Proto-Indo-Europeanrudʰso-red
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rewdʰ-red

Words derived from “rustr”

  • rosta
  • rost
  • rust
  • ryð
  • ryðönd
  • ryðfrítt
  • ryðfrítt stál
  • ryðfrír
  • rosk
  • rost
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