Where does “Reef” come from?

Reef (Luxembourgish) comes from Old High German reif, from Proto-West Germanic raip, from Proto-Germanic raipaz, from Proto-Indo-European roypnós — strap, band, rope.

Reef (Luxembourgish): hoop

Definitions

  1. hoop

Ancestry of “Reef”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanreifstrap, belt; belt, strap, cord, ring, hoop
2Proto-West Germanicraipstrip, band
3Proto-Germanicraipazstrip; margin; strap; band; rein; cord; rope;...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanroypnósstrap, band, rope
Every word from Proto-Indo-European roypnós →Every word from Proto-Germanic raipaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic raip →
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