Where does “roffia” come from?

roffia (Italian) comes from Old High German hrŭf, from Proto-Germanic hreubaz, from Proto-Indo-European kreup- — scab, crust.

roffia (Italian): scraps of tanned leather

Definitions

  1. scraps of tanned leather

Ancestry of “roffia”, step by step

roffia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old High German hrŭf

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanhrŭfeschar, crust
2Proto-Germanichreubazrough, crusty, scabby
3Proto-Indo-Europeankreup-scab, crust

via Lombardic hrūf

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lombardichrūfdandruff

Words derived from “roffia”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kreup- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hreubaz →Every word from Old High German hrŭf →