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Where does “rafr” come from?
rafr (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic rabaz, from Proto-Germanic rebaną — to move, stir.
Ancestry of “rafr”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Germanic
rabaz
—
2
Proto-Germanic
rebaną
to move, stir
Words derived from “rafr”
raf
rafmagn
rafbíll
rafreiknir
rafsvið
raf-
rafmagnssnúra
rafmagnsverkfræði
rafmagnsverkfræðingur
rafmagnsbíll
rafmagnsgítar
rafmagnslaus
rafmagnstannbursti
stöðurafmagn
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