Where does “rīpe” come from?

rīpe (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic rīpī, from Proto-Germanic rīpijaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₁reyb- — to snatch.

rīpe (Old English): ripe, mature

Definitions

  1. ripe, mature

Ancestry of “rīpe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicrīpīripe
2Proto-Germanicrīpijaz—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁reyb-to snatch

Words derived from “rīpe”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁reyb- →Every word from Proto-Germanic rīpijaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic rīpī →