Where does “reep” come from?

reep (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch reip, from Proto-Germanic raipaz, from Proto-Indo-European roypnós — strap, band, rope.

Ancestry of “reep”, step by step

reep traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Dutch reip

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchreip—
2Proto-Germanicraipazstrip; margin; strap; band; rein; cord; rope;...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanroypnósstrap, band, rope

via Old Dutch rēp

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchrēp—

Words derived from “reep”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European roypnós →Every word from Proto-Germanic raipaz →Every word from Old Dutch reip →