*rōō

Runic: ᚱᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈrɔː.ɔː/

noun · feminine · ō-stem

Meanings

calm, quiet
rest, repose

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁roh₁-weh₂, from *h₁reh₁- (‘quiet, calm’). Cognate with Avestan 𐬭𐬁𐬨𐬀𐬥 (rāman) (rāman, ‘peace, tranquility’) and Sanskrit रात्रि (rātri) (rātri, ‘night’), whence Hindi रात (rāt, ‘night’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	rōō	rōôz
Acc.	rōǭ	rōōz
Gen.	rōōz	rōǫ̂
Dat.	rōōi	rōōmaz
Inst.	rōō	rōōmiz
Voc.	rōō	rōôz

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Descendants

*rōu (Proto-West Germanic)
- ruowa (Old Dutch)
  - rowe, rouwe (Middle Dutch)
*rōu (Proto-West Germanic)
- rōw, rō (Old English)
  - ro, rou, rowe, roo (Middle English)
    - roo (English)
    - ro, ruve (Scots)
*rōu (Proto-West Germanic)
- ruowa (Old High German)
  - ruowe, rouwe, ruo (Middle High German)
    - Ruew (Alemannic German)
    - Ruhe (German)
    - Ruh (Hunsrik)
    - Rou (Luxembourgish)
    - רו (ru) (Yiddish)
*rōu (Proto-West Germanic)
- *rōwa (Old Saxon)
  - rôwe (Middle Low German)
    - ? (German Low German)
      - Raue (Saterland Frisian)
ró (Old Norse)
- ro (Danish)
- ruo (Elfdalian)
- ró, rógv (Faroese)
- ró (Icelandic)
- ? (Norwegian)
ró (Old Norse)
- rō (Old Swedish)
  - ro (Swedish)

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