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Where does “râpă” come from?

râpă (Romanian) comes from Latin rīpa, from Proto-Italic reipā, from Proto-Indo-European h₁réyp-eh₂.

râpă (Romanian): ravine, precipice; dingle

Definitions

  1. ravine, precipice; dingle

Ancestry of “râpă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinrīpa—
2Proto-Italicreipā—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁réyp-eh₂—

Words derived from “râpă”

  • râpos
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁réyp-eh₂ →