Where does “raggare” come from?
raggare (Swedish) comes from Swedish ragga, from Swedish raga, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa.
raggare (Swedish): a raggare, member of that subculture
Definitions
- a raggare, member of that subculture
Ancestry of “raggare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | ragga | to go around untidy, uncombed, hair hanging down;... |
| 2 | Swedish | raga | to stagger |
| 3 | Swedish | a | from |
| 4 | Swedish | avlopp | a drain; sewage |
| 5 | Swedish | lopp | a race (running competition or (in an extended sense) other speed competition, like in English) |
| 6 | Swedish | löpa | to run along, stretch; to run, to move quickly... |
| 7 | Old Swedish | løpa | to run |
| 8 | Old Norse | hlaupa | to leap, jump, spring |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | hlaupaną | to jump forward, to leap |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | klaup- | — |