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English word origin

Etymology of Rusch

* As a German surname, from Middle Low German rusch (“rushes, reeds”), from Old Saxon rusk, from Proto-West Germanic *ruskijā. Compare Ruesch. * Also as a German surname Rüsch, shortened from names derived from Old High

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Unnumbered source etymology

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name

A surname.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

* As a German surname, from Middle Low German rusch (“rushes, reeds”), from Old Saxon rusk, from Proto-West Germanic *ruskijā. Compare Ruesch. * Also as a German surname Rüsch, shortened from names derived from Old High German hrōd (“fame”), from Proto-West Germanic *hrōþi. * As a north/Low German surname, from Middle Low German rusch (“quick, hasty, rash”), compare *hurskaz. * Germanized from Lower Sorbian Roš, see Rosch. Compare Rush.

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  • Derivation mentionruschgml · rushes, reeds
  • Derivation mentionruskosx
  • Derivation mention*ruskijāgmw-pro
  • Derivation mentionhrōdgoh · fame
  • Derivation mention*hrōþigmw-pro
  • Cognate mentionruschgml · quick, hasty, rash
  • Derivation mentionRošdsb
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