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Where does “rapon” come from?

rapon (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic hrapōną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kreb(h)-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.

Ancestry of “rapon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanichrapōnąto scratch, scrape; to graze, make contact ,...
2Proto-Indo-European(s)kreb(h)-—
3Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth

Words derived from “rapon”

  • rapen
  • rappen
  • rap
  • rapmuziek
  • oprapen
  • rāpen
  • rap
  • rapen
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