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Where does “raubaz” come from?

raubaz (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European Hrewp-, from Proto-Indo-European Hrew- — to tear out, dig out, open, acquire.

raubaz (Proto-Germanic): rape, pillage, robbery; that which is stolen,...

Definitions

  1. rape, pillage, robbery; that which is stolen,...

Ancestry of “raubaz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-EuropeanHrewp-to break, tear
2Proto-Indo-EuropeanHrew-to tear out, dig out, open, acquire

Words derived from “raubaz”

  • robe
  • robes
  • bathrobe
  • reeve
  • reif
  • unrobe
  • enrobe
  • nightrobe
  • laprobe
  • enrober
  • bedrobe
  • bathrobed
  • underrobe
  • robelike
  • overrobe
  • robeless
  • hogreeve
  • robemaker
  • landreeve
  • shire-reeve
  • robemaking
  • desarropar
  • lavarropas
  • sobrerropa
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