Where does “rōpa” come from?
rōpa (Old Swedish) comes from Old Norse hrópa, from Proto-Germanic hrōpaną, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.
Ancestry of “rōpa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Norse | hrópa | to call out, cry, yell |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | hrōpaną | to cry out, call, shout |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |