Where does “ribbe” come from?

ribbe (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch ribba, from Proto-West Germanic ribi, from Proto-Germanic ribjō.

ribbe (Middle Dutch): rib

Definitions

  1. rib

Ancestry of “ribbe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchribba—
2Proto-West Germanicribirib
3Proto-Germanicribjō—

Words derived from “ribbe”

Every word from Proto-Germanic ribjō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic ribi →Every word from Old Dutch ribba →