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Rutabaga

2 stages from Swedish (dialect) to English.

Today it means a large, round root vegetable, also called a swede or Swedish turnip
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Stage 1 of 2
rotabagge
Swedish (dialect) · 1700s
"a root vegetable"
combining "rot" (root) and "bagge" (a lump), the root vegetable
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Stage 2 of 2
rutabaga
English · 1800s
"a large, edible root vegetable"
adopted directly from Swedish dialect
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