Where does “rast” come from?

rast (Swedish) comes from Old Norse rǫst, from Proto-Germanic rastō, from Proto-Indo-European ros-.

rast (Swedish): a break

Definitions

  1. a break

Ancestry of “rast”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norserǫst—
2Proto-Germanicrastōinterval; rest
3Proto-Indo-Europeanros-—

Words derived from “rast”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ros- →
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