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Where does “riveling” come from?

riveling (English) comes from Middle English riveling, from Old English rifeling, from Proto-Germanic hrifilingaz, from Proto-Germanic href-, from Proto-Indo-European kerwp-.

riveling (English): A rough kind of shoe or sandal made of rawhide,...

Definitions

  1. A rough kind of shoe or sandal made of rawhide,...

Ancestry of “riveling”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishriveling—
2Old Englishrifelinga kind of shoe
3Proto-Germanichrifilingazshoe
4Proto-Germanichref-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeankerwp-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kerwp- →