roof
Dutch (Brabantic)
/roːf/
noun
Definitions
- robbery, robbing, banditry, rapine
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch roof inherited from Old Dutch *rōf inherited from Proto-Germanic *raubaz (pillage, booty, rape, robe, spoils, garment).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*raubaz
Gloss
pillage, booty, rape, robe, spoils, garment
Concept
Semantic Field
Warfare and hunting
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
衣
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- reif English
- roba Italian
- bank Dutch, Flemish
- bankroof Dutch, Flemish
- brood Dutch, Flemish
- broodroof Dutch, Flemish
- kunst Dutch, Flemish
- lijk Dutch, Flemish
- lijkroof Dutch, Flemish
- moord Dutch, Flemish
- roofkunst Dutch, Flemish
- roofmoord Dutch, Flemish
- straat Dutch, Flemish
- straatroof Dutch, Flemish
- vlag Dutch, Flemish
- vlaggenroof Dutch, Flemish
- zetel Dutch, Flemish
- zetelroof Dutch, Flemish
- ropa Spanish, Castilian
- *Hrewp- Proto-Indo-European
- *raubaz Proto-Germanic
- *raubō Proto-Germanic
- ref Middle English
- roof Middle Dutch
- straetroof Middle Dutch
- roup Middle High German
- kripë Albanian
- *𐍂𐌰𐌿𐍀𐌰 Gothic
- *raub gmw-pro
- *rōf Old Dutch
- Raub Alemannic German
- ropa Asturian
- *krūpā Proto-Albanian