Where does “raubō” come from?

raubō (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European reup- — to break; to tear, peel.

raubō (Proto-Germanic): rift

Definitions

  1. rift

Ancestry of “raubō”, step by step

raubō traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European reup-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanreup-to break; to tear, peel

via Proto-Indo-European rewp-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanrewp-to tear, peel

Words derived from “raubō”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European reup- →