Etymology

rya

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Today it means: A Scandinavian knotted-pile woollen rug, used as bed-cover and tapestry. Full definition →

Swedish rya
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The story

  1. Swedish · borrowed fromrya“thick cloth”
  2. English todayrya

From Swedish rya (“thick cloth”).

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