Ростовъ

Old East Slavic

Etymology

Most probably related to Proto-Slavic *orstъ or a male name derived from it.

Proper noun

Ростовъ (Rostovŭ) m

1. Rostov

Descendants

• Russian: Ростов (Rostov)
• → Old Norse: Ráðstofa, Rofstofa

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “Ростов”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress