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Where does “ragga” come from?

ragga (Swedish) comes from Swedish raga, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną.

ragga (Swedish): to go around untidy, uncombed, hair hanging down;...

Definitions

  1. to go around untidy, uncombed, hair hanging down;...

Ancestry of “ragga”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishragato stagger
2Swedishafrom
3Swedishavloppa drain; sewage
4Swedishloppa run, trace, track, path, a running ...
5Swedishlöpato run along, stretch; to run, to move quickly...
6Old Swedishløpato run
7Old Norsehlaupato leap, jump, spring
8Proto-Germanichlaupanąto jump forward, to leap
9Proto-Indo-Europeanklaup-—

Words derived from “ragga”

  • raggare
  • raggare
Every word from Proto-Indo-European klaup- →