Where does “ripisern” come from?

ripisern (Old English) comes from Old English īsern, from Proto-West Germanic īsarn, from Proto-Germanic īsarną, from Proto-Celtic īsarnom, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésh₂r̥ — blood.

ripisern (Old English): sickle; an iron tool used to reap grain

Definitions

  1. sickle; an iron tool used to reap grain

Ancestry of “ripisern”, step by step

ripisern traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English īsern

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishīserniron
2Proto-West Germanicīsarniron
3Proto-Germanicīsarnąiron
4Proto-Celticīsarnomiron
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ésh₂r̥blood

via Old English rīp

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishrīpreaping, harvest
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésh₂r̥ →Every word from Proto-Celtic īsarnom →Every word from Proto-Germanic īsarną →