raaf
Afrikaans
/rɑːf/
noun
Definitions
- raven
Etymology
Inherited from Dutch, Flemish raaf (raven) inherited from Middle Dutch rāve inherited from Old Dutch *ravan inherited from Proto-Germanic *hrabnaz (raven) derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ḱorh₂-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Bertram English
- cornix Latin
- crepo Latin
- crepāre Latin
- querquedula Latin
- hoornraaf Dutch, Flemish
- raaf Dutch, Flemish
- raafgier Dutch, Flemish
- ravenmoeder Dutch, Flemish
- ravenzwart Dutch, Flemish
- waterraaf Dutch, Flemish
- *ḱorh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *hrabnaz Proto-Germanic
- hrafn Old Norse
- rāve Middle Dutch
- hram Old High German
- raban Old High German
- *hrabn gmw-pro
- *ravan Old Dutch
- ravan Old Dutch
- hram Old Saxon
- hravan Old Saxon
- rafru Sranan Tongo
- ᚺᚨᚱᚨᛒᚨᚾᚨᛉ Proto-Norse