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Where does “rampata” come from?

rampata (Finnish) comes from Swedish trampa, from Old Swedish trampa, from Old Norse trampa, from Proto-Germanic trampaną, from Proto-Indo-European drem- — to run.

rampata (Finnish): To go to and fro; To tramp on doing a massage

Definitions

  1. To go to and fro; To tramp on doing a massage

Ancestry of “rampata”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishtrampaa pedal; to walk, to step, to tramp; to pedal
2Old Swedishtrampa—
3Old Norsetrampa—
4Proto-Germanictrampaną—
5Proto-Indo-Europeandrem-to run
Every word from Proto-Indo-European drem- →