Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/raipaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁roypnós (“band, strip, strap”), from *h₁reyp- (“to peel off, rip, tear; strip, strap”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈrɑi̯.pɑz/

Noun

*raipaz m

strip; margin
strap; band; rein
cord; rope; cable
Synonym: *līnǭ
circular band; circlet; ringlet

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *raipaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*raipaz	raipōz, raipōs
vocative	*raip	raipōz, raipōs
accusative	*raipą	*raipanz
genitive	raipas, raipis	*raipǫ̂
dative	*raipai	*raipamaz
instrumental	*raipō	*raipamiz

Derived terms

*raipijaną

Related terms

*raipą

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *raip
- Old English: rāp
  - Middle English: rop, rap, rope, roop, roope
    - English: rope, roap, roape
      - → Irish: rópa
      - Tok Pisin: rop
    - Scots: raip
    - → Old French: rap
- Old Frisian: rāp
  - North Frisian:
    Föhr-Amrum: riap
    Halligen: reep
    Mooring: ruup
    Wiedingharde: ruup
  - Saterland Frisian: Roop
  - West Frisian: reap
- Old Saxon: *rēp
  - Middle Low German: rêp, reep
    - Low German: Reep
    - German Low German: Reep
    - → German: Reep (chiefly in Reeper and Fallreep)
- Old Dutch: rēp
  - Middle Dutch: rêep
    - Dutch: reep
- Old High German: reif
  - Middle High German: reif
    - German: Reif, Reifen
    - Luxembourgish: Reef
Old Norse: reip n
- Icelandic: reip n, reipi n
- Faroese: reip n
- Norwegian: rep n
- Old Swedish: rēp n
  - Swedish: rep n
- Danish: reb n
- Westrobothnian: reip n, raip n
Gothic: *𐍂𐌰𐌹𐍀𐍃 (*raips) (in 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌿𐌳𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌹𐍀𐍃 (skaudaraips), which may instead be a neuter a-stem: the form is ambiguous)
→ Proto-Finnic: *raippa (see there for further descendants)