English
Ronald
Ronald comes from Scottish Gaelic Raghnall, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *Raginawaldaz.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*Raginawaldazreconstructed
- Old Norsec. 800–1350Rǫgnvaldr
- Scottish GaelicmodernRaghnall
- Englishearliest quotation 1996Ronald
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*Raginawaldazreconstructed
- Old Norsec. 800–1350Rǫgnvaldr
- Scottish GaelicmodernRaghnall
- Englishearliest quotation 1996Ronald
Earliest quotation: 1996, Frank McCourt, HarperCollins.: “Bridey says if she had a son which please…”
A compound of *raginą ‘decision, advice, counsel’ + *waldaną ‘to rule’ + *waldaz ‘wielder’
Proto-Indo-European *Hrek-
Proto-Germanic *raginą ‘decision, advice, counsel’
Proto-Indo-European *welH- ‘to roll, to undulate’
Proto-Indo-European *wélH-dʰe-ti
Proto-Indo-European *we-wólH-dʰe-ti
Proto-Germanic *waldaną ‘to rule’
Proto-Indo-European *welH- ‘to roll, to undulate’
Proto-Indo-European *wélH-dʰe-ti
Proto-Indo-European *we-wólH-dʰe-ti
Proto-Germanic *waldaną ‘to rule’
Proto-Germanic *waldaz ‘wielder’
The story
Anglicized from Scottish Gaelic Raghnall, itself derived from Old Norse Rǫgnvaldr, from rǫgn (‘advice’) + valdr (‘power’), later partly merged with the Continental Germanic equivalent Reynold.
Every English word from Proto-Germanic *Raginawaldaz
Today it means
name A male given name from the Germanic languages.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *Raginawaldaz / Ronald