Swedish

adj
Definitions
  • raw uncooked, untreated, rough or uneven
  • crude being in a natural state, statistics: in an unanalyzed form
  • rough crude, unrefined
  • coarse not refined
  • brutal crude or unfeeling in manner or speech
  • tough rowdy or rough

Etymology

Derived from Old Swedish rar derived from Old Norse hrár derived from Proto-Germanic *hrawaz (uncooked, raw) derived from Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂- (blood of a wound, fresh blood, raw meat, blood outside the body).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*krewh₂-

Gloss

blood of a wound, fresh blood, raw meat, blood outside the body

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