Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗A partial covering for a floor. · A (usually thick) piece of fabric used for warmth (especially on a bed); a blanket. · A kind of coarse, heavy frieze, formerly used for clothing. · A cloak or mantle made of such a frieze.
To cover with a rug. · To pull roughly or hastily; to plunder; to spoil; to tear. · Clipping of rug pull
Uncertain; probably of North Germanic origin; perhaps inherited via Middle English *rugge (suggested by Middle English ruggy (“hairy, shaggy, bristly”) and rugged (“hairy, shaggy, rugged”)), from Old Norse rǫgg (“shagginess, tuft”), from Proto-Germanic *rawwō (“long wool”), probably related to *rūhaz (“rough”), related to English rag and rough. Cognate with dialectal Norwegian rugga (“coarse coverlet”), Swedish rugg (“rough entangled hair”), related to English rag and rough. Compare also Old English rȳhe (“rug, rough covering, blanket”).
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This page abbreviates 8 auxiliary source items. The etymology narrative is not shortened. Omission counts are available in the audit fields below; consult the original for complete auxiliary material.
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