Where does “rib” come from?

rib (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch rib, from Middle Dutch ribbe, from Old Dutch ribba, from Proto-West Germanic ribi, from Proto-Germanic ribjō.

rib (Afrikaans): rib

Definitions

  1. rib

Ancestry of “rib”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchribrib; a truss
2Middle Dutchribberib
3Old Dutchribba—
4Proto-West Germanicribirib
5Proto-Germanicribjō—

Words derived from “rib”

Every word from Proto-Germanic ribjō →