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roo

/ˈɹuː/ · noun

Meaning

  1. Peace; quietness.
  2. Rest; stillness.
  3. Clipping of kangaroo.

Etymology / origin

From Middle English roo, ro, from Old English rō, rōw (“quietness, quiet, rest”), from Proto-Germanic *rōō (“quiet, rest”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁- (“to rest; quiet”). Cognate with Scots ro, ruve (“peace, repose”), German Ruhe (“rest, peace, tranquility”), Danish, Norwegian and Swedish ro (“rest, peace, tranquility”), Icelandic ró (“tranquility, quietness”).

  1. ró(Icelandic)→
  2. -(Swedish)→
  3. -(no)→
  4. -(da)→
  5. Ruhe(German)→
  6. ro(sco)→
  7. *h₁reh₁-(ine-pro)→
  8. *rōō(gem-pro)→
  9. rō(ang)→
  10. roo(Middle English)→
  11. *h₁reh₁-(ine-pro)→
  12. roo (English)
  13. Relations: root, inh, inh, inh, inh, cog, cog, cog, cog, cog, cog

Related words

*h₁reh₁-(ine-pro)roo(Middle English)rō(ang)*rōō(gem-pro)ro(sco)Ruhe(German)-(da)-(no)-(Swedish)ró(Icelandic)Ruew(Alemannic German)ro(Norwegian Nynorsk)

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