Where does “ryktbar” come from?
ryktbar (Swedish) comes from Swedish rykte, from Middle Low German ruchte, from Old Saxon hropan, from Proto-Germanic hrōpaną, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.
Ancestry of “ryktbar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Swedish | rykte | — |
| 2 | Middle Low German | ruchte | — |
| 3 | Old Saxon | hropan | to call |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | hrōpaną | to cry out, call, shout |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
Words derived from “ryktbar”