Where does “raps” come from?

raps (Kashubian) comes from German Raps, from Latin rāpa, from Latin rāpum, from Proto-Indo-European rap-.

raps (Kashubian): rapeseed Brassica napus

Definitions

  1. rapeseed Brassica napus

Ancestry of “raps”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanRapsrapeseed; plural of Rap
2Latinrāpa—
3Latinrāpumturnip
4Proto-Indo-Europeanrap-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European rap- →
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