Where does “raggarballe” come from?
raggarballe (Swedish) comes from Swedish raggare, from Swedish ragga, from Swedish raga, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa.
Ancestry of “raggarballe”, step by step
raggarballe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish raggare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | raggare | a raggare, member of that subculture |
| 2 | Swedish | ragga | to go around untidy, uncombed, hair hanging down;... |
| 3 | Swedish | raga | to stagger |
| 4 | Swedish | a | from |
| 5 | Swedish | avlopp | a drain; sewage |
| 6 | Swedish | lopp | a race (running competition or (in an extended sense) other speed competition, like in English) |
| 7 | Swedish | löpa | to run along, stretch; to run, to move quickly... |
| 8 | Old Swedish | løpa | to run |
| 9 | Old Norse | hlaupa | to leap, jump, spring |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | hlaupaną | to jump forward, to leap |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | klaup- | — |
via Swedish balle
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | balle | penis; shlong; testicle; buttock |
| 2 | Old Swedish | balder | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | bǫllr | round object, sphere, ball; testicle |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | balluz | round object, ball; ball of the hand, foot, etc |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |