Where does “Reep” come from?

Reep (German) comes from Middle Low German rêp, from Old Saxon rēp, from Proto-West Germanic raip, from Proto-Germanic raipaz, from Proto-Indo-European roypnós — strap, band, rope.

Reep (German): rope

Definitions

  1. rope

Ancestry of “Reep”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanrêp—
2Old Saxonrēp—
3Proto-West Germanicraipstrip, band
4Proto-Germanicraipazstrip; margin; strap; band; rein; cord; rope;...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanroypnósstrap, band, rope

Words derived from “Reep”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European roypnós →Every word from Proto-Germanic raipaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic raip →
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