ringa.
small, little
Meaning & usage
small, little
hennes ringa ålder
ringa stöld
low, simple, (through self-deprecation) modest, humble
Han var av ringa börd
min ringa uppfattning
Where this word comes from
From Old Swedish ringa, from Middle Low German ringe, from Old Saxon (gi)ringi (“light”), from Proto-Germanic *ga- + *reng-ja, of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wrengʷʰ- (“to squeeze, wring”) and cognate with Proto-Germanic *wringaną (“to squeeze, wring”), Ancient Greek ῥίμφα (rhímpha, “fast, quickly”). Cognate with Danish ringe, Norwegian Bokmål ringe, German ring, gering and Dutch gering.
to ring; to make a bell produce a sound
to ring; to make a sound as to indicate a call is waiting
to ring; to telephone someone
Where this word comes from
From Old Swedish ringia, ringa, from Old Norse hringja, from Proto-Germanic *hringijaną. Cognate with Danish ringe, Norwegian ringe or ringa, Old English hringan, English ring.
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