riboter

French

verb

Definitions

To drink or eat to excess
To churn (cream into butter)

Etymology

Affix from Old French ribaud (scoundrel) derived from Frankish *rīban (copulate, be in heat, rub) derived from Proto-Germanic *wrībaną (twist, turn, writhe, rub).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*wrībaną

Gloss

twist, turn, writhe, rub

Concept

Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Emoji

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Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

*werp- Proto-Indo-European
*wrībaną Proto-Germanic
ribald Middle English
ribaud Old French
riber Old French
riper Old French
rīban Old High German
*wrīban gmw-pro
*wrīvan Old Dutch
*rīban Frankish