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Where does “jättebra” come from?

jättebra (Swedish) comes from Swedish bra, from Swedish braf, from Low German brav, from French brave, from Italian bravo, from Vulgar Latin bravus, from Latin barbarus, from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος.

jättebra (Swedish): very good, fantastic, excellent; very well,...

Definitions

  1. very good, fantastic, excellent; very well,...

Ancestry of “jättebra”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishbragood; well
2Swedishbrafgood, brave
3Low Germanbrav—
4Frenchbravebrave; honest; hero
5Italianbravogood, well-behaved; good, skilful, capable,...
6Vulgar Latinbravus—
7Latinbarbarusforeign; savage; uncivilized
8Ancient Greekβάρβαροςnon-Greek-speaking, foreign; barbaric, brutal,...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbalb-—
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