Where does “raggarsträng” come from?
raggarsträng (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.
raggarsträng (Swedish): a treasure trail
Definitions
- a treasure trail
Ancestry of “raggarsträng”, step by step
raggarsträng 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- | — |