Where does “ripe” come from?

ripe (Middle Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic ripi, from Proto-Germanic rīpiz, from Proto-Indo-European h₁reyb- — to snatch.

Ancestry of “ripe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicripi—
2Proto-Germanicrīpizripe
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁reyb-to snatch

Words derived from “ripe”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁reyb- →Every word from Proto-Germanic rīpiz →Every word from Proto-Germanic ripi →
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