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Where does “rhacs” come from?

rhacs (Welsh) comes from English rags, from English rag, from Middle English ragge, from Old English ragg, from Old Norse rǫgg, from Proto-Germanic rūhaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₃rewk-, from Proto-Indo-European h₃er- — to move, to stir; to rise, to spring; to quarrel,...

rhacs (Welsh): rags

Definitions

  1. rags

Ancestry of “rhacs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishragsplural of rag; Third-person singular simple...
2EnglishragTattered clothes; A piece of old cloth; a...
3Middle Englishraggerag, cloth scrap; cloth strip, band of fabric;...
4Old Englishragg—
5Old Norserǫggshagginess; tuft; tuft, shagginess; tuft;...
6Proto-Germanicrūhazrough
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃rewk-to dig; to till
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃er-to move, to stir; to rise, to spring; to quarrel,...
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