Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *raðā, from Proto-Indo-European *Hreh₁dʰ- ‎(“to arrange”), hence Old Norse ráða, German raten ‎(“to advise; guess”). Alternatively related to rreth wheel, close to Germanic *raðo row (cf. Old Norse rǫð ‎(“row”), Middle Low German gerade ‎(“growing straight upwards”)), also connected to *rathan wheel^[1].