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Where does “rampa” come from?

rampa (Frankish) comes from Proto-Germanic hrempaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kreb-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

Ancestry of “rampa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanichrempanąto bend, curve, make waves, wrinkle; to curve,...
2Proto-Indo-European(s)kreb-to turn; to touch; to turn, bend, shrink, rotate,...
3Proto-Indo-European(s)ker-to cut off; to turn, bend
4Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever

Words derived from “rampa”

  • ramp
  • rampant
  • romp
  • rampage
  • romping
  • romper
  • rampantly
  • offramp
  • rampageous
  • ramper
  • rampagious
  • rompish
  • rampway
  • miniramp
  • deramp
  • rompy
  • rompingly
  • rampageously
  • rampager
  • rampless
  • rampageousness
  • vert ramp
  • rampantness
  • rampspeed
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