Where does “raggarbil” come from?
raggarbil (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.
raggarbil (Swedish): a large car driven by raggare as part of their subculture, commonly a full-size American car from around the 1950s to 1970s with a V8 engine
Definitions
- a large car driven by raggare as part of their subculture, commonly a full-size American car from around the 1950s to 1970s with a V8 engine
Ancestry of “raggarbil”, step by step
raggarbil 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 bil
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | bil | a car, an automobile |
| 2 | Danish | bil | car, automobile |
| 3 | Danish | automobil | automobile |
| 4 | French | automobile | automotive; automobile |
| 5 | French | auto- | auto- regarding oneself |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | αὐτο- | self- |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | αὐτός | αὐτή f, αὐτό n; "first/second declension";... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ew | away from, off; again |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰe | Postpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact |