Where does “rôven” come from?

rôven (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch rōvon, from Proto-West Germanic raubōn, from Proto-Germanic raubōną, from Proto-Indo-European Hrewp-, from Proto-Indo-European Hrew- — to tear out, dig out, open, acquire.

rôven (Middle Dutch): to rob, to plunder, to pillage

Definitions

  1. to rob, to plunder, to pillage

Ancestry of “rôven”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchrōvonto steal
2Proto-West Germanicraubōnto rob, to steal, to plunder
3Proto-Germanicraubōnąto rob, steal, plunder
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanHrewp-to break, tear
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanHrew-to tear out, dig out, open, acquire

Words derived from “rôven”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hrew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hrewp- →Every word from Proto-Germanic raubōną →
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