Old English rowan

← Danish ro (cognate)

← Middle Dutch royen (cognate)

← West Frisian roeie (cognate)

← Proto-Germanic *rōaną (inherited)

← Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁- (derived)

← Dutch roeien (cognate)

← Old Norse róa (cognate)

← Old Frisian *rōia (cognate)

← Swedish ro (cognate)