Where does “רופֿן” come from?
רופֿן (Yiddish) comes from Middle High German ruofen, from Old High German ruofan, from Proto-West Germanic hrōpan, from Proto-Germanic hrōpaną, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.
רופֿן (Yiddish): to call
Ancestry of “רופֿן”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle High German | ruofen | — |
| 2 | Old High German | ruofan | to call |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | hrōpan | to cry out, to call, to shout |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | hrōpaną | to cry out, call, shout |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
Words derived from “רופֿן”