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Where does “rapa” come from?

rapa (Proto-Albanian) comes from Proto-Albanian repa, from Proto-Indo-European h₁rep- — to rip, snatch, tear, pinch; to seize, pluck; to...

Ancestry of “rapa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Albanianrepato peel, tear off; to peel, strip off; to strip...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rep-to rip, snatch, tear, pinch; to seize, pluck; to...

Words derived from “rapa”

  • rrap
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