Where does “Rita” come from?

Rita (Swedish) comes from Old Swedish hrīta, from Old Norse hríta, from Proto-Germanic hrītaną — to scratch, carve; to rip; to tear, pull.

Rita (Swedish): to draw (usually simpler, more line-based pictures or drawings – compare teckna)

Definitions

  1. to draw (usually simpler, more line-based pictures or drawings – compare teckna)

Ancestry of “Rita”, step by step

Rita traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Swedish hrīta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Swedishhrīta—
2Old Norsehríta—
3Proto-Germanichrītanąto scratch, carve; to rip; to tear, pull

via Italian Rita

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianRita—
2ItalianMargheritaMargaret

Words derived from “Rita”

Every word from Proto-Germanic hrītaną →Every word from Old Norse hríta →Every word from Old Swedish hrīta →