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Where does “rrap” come from?

rrap (Albanian) comes from Proto-Albanian rapa, from Proto-Albanian repa, from Proto-Indo-European h₁rep- — to rip, snatch, tear, pinch; to seize, pluck; to...

rrap (Albanian): plane tree

Definitions

  1. plane tree

Ancestry of “rrap”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Albanianrapa—
2Proto-Albanianrepato peel, tear off; to peel, strip off; to strip...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rep-to rip, snatch, tear, pinch; to seize, pluck; to...
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