raaf
Dutch (Brabantic)
/raːf/
noun
Definitions
- A raven, Corvus corax.
- A raven, term used for certain other large birds of the genus Corvus.
Etymology
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
- Raabe English
- Ravenclaw English
- Ravenscar English
- nonraven English
- raven English
- raven-haired English
- raven-messenger English
- ravener English
- ravenest English
- raveneth English
- ravenhood English
- ravenless English
- ravenlike English
- ravenly English
- ravenmaster English
- ravenness English
- ravenstone English
- cornix Latin
- crepo Latin
- crepāre Latin
- querquedula Latin
- Rabe German
- Rabengekrächze German
- Rabenmutter German
- Rabenvater German
- Wald German
- pechrabenschwarz German
- gier Dutch, Flemish
- hoorn Dutch, Flemish
- hoornraaf Dutch, Flemish
- moeder Dutch, Flemish
- raafgier Dutch, Flemish
- ravenmoeder Dutch, Flemish
- ravenzwart Dutch, Flemish
- water Dutch, Flemish
- waterraaf Dutch, Flemish
- zwart Dutch, Flemish
- *ḱorh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- ravn Norwegian Bokmål
- *hrabnaz Proto-Germanic
- ramn Norwegian Nynorsk
- raven Middle English
- hrafn Old Norse
- ravn Danish
- hrafn Icelandic
- raven Middle Dutch
- rāve Middle Dutch
- hram Old High German
- raban Old High German
- rabo Old High German
- raaf Afrikaans
- ravnur Faroese
- raben Middle High German
- ram Middle High German
- Ramm Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *hrabn gmw-pro
- *ravan Old Dutch
- ravan Old Dutch
- rāven Middle Low German
- hram Old Saxon
- hravan Old Saxon
- Rapp Alemannic German
- ramn Old Swedish
- rab Volapük
- Raav Low German
- Raabe Pennsylvania German
- rafru Sranan Tongo
- ᚺᚨᚱᚨᛒᚨᚾᚨᛉ Proto-Norse
- rawn Scanian