Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “roub”

116 words across 32 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European roub — including robbery, rob, raven, bereavement, ravens, disrobe, bereave, reave.

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English (27)

Dutch (9)

Italian (9)

Middle English (9)

Spanish (7)

Esperanto (5)

German (5)

Old French (4)

Portuguese (4)

Danish (3)

Middle Dutch (3)

Old English (3)

Middle French (2)

Frankish (2)

Old Dutch (2)

Proto-Germanic (2)

Norwegian Bokmål (2)

Old Portuguese (2)

Old High German (2)

Middle High German (2)

Albanian (1)

Latin (1)

Chavacano (1)

French (1)

Old Occitan (1)

Proto-Albanian (1)

Occitan (1)

Old Norse (1)

Anglo-Norman (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)

Medieval Latin (1)

Late Latin (1)