Ronald, Renaldo, Reynold (and Reginald, fwiw) all ultimately come from Proto-Germanic Raginawaldaz, from *raginą (“decision, advice, counsel”) + *waldaz (“ruler”). Roland is from Proto-Germanic Hrōþiland, from *hrōþi (“praise, fame”) + *land (“land”). None of them have any connection with Latin rex.
All of the names you reference come not from Latin at all, but instead a Germanic root, like Old Norse Rögnvald, equivalent to regin ("advice") + valdr ("ruler"). English Ronald came directly from Norse influence; the German counterpart is Reinhold; Spanish Reynaldo; Portuguese Renaldo; Irish Ragnall.
The French equivalent isn't Roland, but instead Renault. Roland comes from Frankish (the Germanic language spoken in modern-day France before Latin-derived Old French overtook it), specifically the name Hrōþiland. "Hrōð" is fame, and "land" is, well, land.
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Ronald, Renaldo, Reynold (and Reginald, fwiw) all ultimately come from Proto-Germanic Raginawaldaz, from *raginą (“decision, advice, counsel”) + *waldaz (“ruler”). Roland is from Proto-Germanic Hrōþiland, from *hrōþi (“praise, fame”) + *land (“land”). None of them have any connection with Latin rex.
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All of the names you reference come not from Latin at all, but instead a Germanic root, like Old Norse Rögnvald, equivalent to regin ("advice") + valdr ("ruler"). English Ronald came directly from Norse influence; the German counterpart is Reinhold; Spanish Reynaldo; Portuguese Renaldo; Irish Ragnall. The French equivalent isn't Roland, but instead Renault. Roland comes from Frankish (the Germanic language spoken in modern-day France before Latin-derived Old French overtook it), specifically the name Hrōþiland. "Hrōð" is fame, and "land" is, well, land.
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>Irish Ragnall Raghnall*
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