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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *Hréwpt, from *Hrewp- (“to break”). Cognate with Latin rumpō.
Pronunciation
Verb
*reufaną[1][2]
- to tear
Inflection
Conjugation of
*reufaną (strong class 2)
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*reufan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 410
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*reufanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 303