Where does “râpă” come from?

râpă (Romanian) comes from Latin rīpa, from Proto-Italic reipā, from Proto-Indo-European h₁réyp-eh₂.

râpă (Romanian): ravine, precipice; dingle

Definitions

  1. ravine, precipice; dingle

Ancestry of “râpă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinrīpabank (of a river)
2Proto-Italicreipāriver bank
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁réyp-eh₂—

Words derived from “râpă”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁réyp-eh₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic reipā →Every word from Latin rīpa →
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