Where does “rafen” come from?
rafen (Luxembourgish) comes from Middle High German raffen, from Old High German hraffon, from Proto-West Germanic hrapōn, from Proto-Germanic hrapōną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kreb(h)-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.
rafen (Luxembourgish): to gather, to collect
Ancestry of “rafen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle High German | raffen | — |
| 2 | Old High German | hraffon | to grasp, to snatch |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | hrapōn | to snatch |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | hrapōną | to scratch, scrape; to graze, make contact ,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kreb(h)- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ḱer- | dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth |
Words derived from “rafen”