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Where does “rapa” come from?

rapa (Proto-Finnic) comes from Proto-Germanic drabaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰrobʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰrebʰ- — to become thick or cloudy, curdle, ferment; to...

Ancestry of “rapa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicdrabazdregs
2Proto-Indo-Europeandʰrobʰ-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰrebʰ-to become thick or cloudy, curdle, ferment; to...

Words derived from “rapa”

  • rapakivi
  • rapakko
  • rapakivi
  • rapa
  • rapakalja
  • ravan
  • rapa
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