Re:Vikings went to Mediterranean for ‘summer jobs’ as mercen...
by layer8 on Thursday February 23, 2023 @12:58PM
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The name “Rus” shares etymology with “rowing”:
“The name Rus', like the Proto-Finnic name for Sweden (*Ruotsi), supposed to be descended from an Old Norse term for "the men who row" (rods-) as rowing was the main method of navigating the rivers of Eastern Europe […]”
“The name Rus', like the Proto-Finnic name for Sweden (*Ruotsi), supposed to be descended from an Old Norse term for "the men who row" (rods-) as rowing was the main method of navigating the rivers of Eastern Europe […]”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_Rusʹ,_Russia_and_Ruth...