Type Word & Element Usage Old Germanic (Hypothetical) Meaning & History Germanic word meaning "cleared land" [1][2]. Related ItemsDetails Other Languages & Culturesrod(Anglo-Saxon) riuti(Old High German) ruð(Old Norse) Surname DescendantsRhodes(English) Reiter, Reuter(German) Place Name DescendantRhodesia(English) Sources & References Kroonen, Guus. Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic. Brill, 2013, page 410. Orel, Vladimir. A Handbook of Germanic Etymology. Brill, 2003, page 307.
