Etymology Explorer › Middle English

Where does “reviling” come from?

reviling (Middle English) comes from Old English rifeling, from Proto-Germanic hrifilingaz, from Proto-Germanic href-, from Proto-Indo-European kerwp-.

Ancestry of “reviling”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishrifelinga kind of shoe
2Proto-Germanichrifilingazshoe
3Proto-Germanichref-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeankerwp-—

Words derived from “reviling”

  • riveling
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kerwp- →