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Where does “rīpijaz” come from?

rīpijaz (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European h₁reyb- — to snatch.

Ancestry of “rīpijaz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁reyb-to snatch

Words derived from “rīpijaz”

  • ripe
  • overripe
  • rype
  • ripely
  • underripe
  • overripeness
  • firstripe
  • ultraripe
  • underripeness
  • nonripe
  • under-ripe
  • krankenhausreif
  • geschlechtsreif
  • spruchreif
  • schrottreif
  • konkursreif
  • unreif
  • serienreif
  • urlaubsreif
  • reif
  • Reife
  • rijpen
  • ripe
  • rype
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