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Where does “raub” come from?

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

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

Definitions

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

Ancestry of “raub”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicraubōrift
2Proto-Indo-Europeanreup-to break; to tear, peel

Words derived from “raub”

  • robe
  • robes
  • bathrobe
  • reeve
  • reif
  • unrobe
  • enrobe
  • nightrobe
  • laprobe
  • enrober
  • bedrobe
  • bathrobed
  • underrobe
  • robelike
  • overrobe
  • robeless
  • hogreeve
  • robemaker
  • landreeve
  • shire-reeve
  • robemaking
  • Raubwürger
  • Raubspinne
  • Raubfisch
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