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Where does “prate” come from?

prate (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Middle Low German praten, from Old Saxon *pratt.

prate (Norwegian Bokmål): to chat

Definitions

  1. to chat

Ancestry of “prate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanpraten—
2Old Saxon*pratt—

Words derived from “prate”

  • prat
  • pratsom
Every word from Old Saxon *pratt →