Where does “rap” come from?

rap (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-Germanic drap-, from Proto-Germanic drepaną, from Proto-Indo-European dʰrebʰ- — to become thick or cloudy, curdle, ferment; to...

rap (Old Saxon): that which is fulled, drabcloth

Definitions

  1. that which is fulled, drabcloth

Ancestry of “rap”, step by step

rap traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic drap-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicdrap-—
2Proto-Germanicdrepanąto hit, strike
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰrebʰ-to become thick or cloudy, curdle, ferment; to...

via Proto-Germanic drēp-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicdrēp-something beaten

Words derived from “rap”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰrebʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic drepaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic drap- →