Where does “rive” come from?

Rive comes from Middle English riven, from Old Norse rífa, from Proto-Germanic rīfaną, from Proto-Indo-European (e)reip-, meaning to scratch or tear.

rive (English): To tear apart by force; to rend; to split; to...

Definitions

  1. To tear apart by force; to rend; to split; to...

Ancestry of “rive”, step by step

rive traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French rive

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchrivebank
2Latinrīpabank (of a river)
3Proto-Italicreipāriver bank
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁réyp-eh₂—

via Middle English riven

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishrivento rive
2Old Norserífato tear apart; to tear, break; to pick, scratch,...
3Proto-Germanicrīfanąto tear, rend
4Proto-Indo-Europeanrēy-thing; possession; to regulate, count; to count,...

Words derived from “rive”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁réyp-eh₂ →