Where does “rån” come from?
rån (Swedish) comes from Swedish gorå, from Swedish råd, from English raid, from Scots raid, from Middle English rade, from Old English rād, from Proto-West Germanic raidu, from Proto-Germanic raidō — to fit, to fix, to put together.
rån (Swedish): a robbery; a wafer
Definitions
- a robbery; a wafer
Ancestry of “rån”, step by step
rån traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish gorå
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | gorå | wafer |
| 2 | Swedish | råd | a piece of advice, counsel; a means; money; a... |
| 3 | English | raid | A quick hostile or predatory incursion or... |
| 4 | Scots | raid | raid |
| 5 | Middle English | rade | quick, fast, speedy; rash, hasty, angry; eager |
| 6 | Old English | rād | road; riding, hostile incursion; riding, road |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | raidu | riding, ride |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | raidō | ride, journey; name of the R-rune |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | rīdaną | to ride |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | rēydʰ- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |