Name Element
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Origin and Meaning
Germanic name element
Ancient Germanic
*raþsk(w)a- = 'fast', 'agile' [1]
Old Norse
rǫskr = 'mature'; 'vigorous', 'doughty', 'brave' [2]
rǫskr = 'fast', 'bold', 'healthy', 'strong' [3]
rǫsk-r = 'brave', 'good', 'bold' [4]
röskr = 'vigorous', 'doughty', 'brave' [5]
röskr = 'ripe', 'mature'; 'vigorous', 'doughty', 'brave', 'valiant' [6]
Old High German
rasc = 'fast', 'agile' [1]
Middle High German
rasch = 'fast', 'agile' [1]
Related Names
See Rǫskva
Combinations
First Element Forms
Rask-
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Günther Drosdowski: Duden Etymologie - Herkunftswörterbuch der deutschen Sprache (1997)
- ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2007)
- ↑ Hjalmar Falk & Alf Torp: Book: Etymologisk ordbok over det norske og det danske sprog|Etymologisk ordbok over det norske og det danske sprog]] (1999)
- ↑ Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)
- ↑ Geir T. Zoëga: A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (1910)
- ↑ Richard Cleasby, Gudbrand Vigfusson: An Icelandic-English Dictionary (1874)