Where does “ruof” come from?
ruof (Middle High German) comes from Old High German ruof, from Old High German ruofan, from Proto-West Germanic hrōpan, from Proto-Germanic hrōpaną, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.
Ancestry of “ruof”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old High German | ruof | — |
| 2 | Old High German | ruofan | to call |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | hrōpan | to cry out, to call, to shout |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | hrōpaną | to cry out, call, shout |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |