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krage

“krage” is a Swedish word. Its 3 meanings in English:

noun

  1. collar (part of garment)
  2. collar (coloured ring round the neck of a flower, bird or mammal)
  3. collar (financial), a collection of derivatives intended for risk management

Etymology

From Old Swedish kraghi, from Old Norse kragi and Middle Low German krage, from Proto-Germanic *kragô (“throat”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gʷrogʰ-. Related to Swedish kräva (“crop of a bird”); compare English craw, crag (“crop of a bird”).

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