Roof Proto Germanic

Roof meaning definition synonyms translations origin.

Roof proto germanic.

Roof n old english hrof roof ceiling top summit. In west germanic languages. Heaven sky also figuratively highest point of something from proto germanic khrofam source also of old frisian rhoof roof middle dutch roof rouf cover roof dutch roef deckhouse cabin coffin lid middle high german rof penthouse old norse hrof boat shed. Roof n old english hrof roof ceiling top summit.

Also called common germanic is the reconstructed proto language of the germanic branch of the indo european languages. Heaven sky also figuratively highest point of something from proto germanic khrofam cf. West germanic east germanic and north germanic which however remained in contact over a considerable time. Dutch roef deckhouse cabin coffin lid middle high german rof penthouse old norse hrof boat shed.

Old english hrof roof ceiling top summit. History of the nasal sound before proto germanic f þ and s e g proto germanic fimf munþ and uns became old frisian fīf five mūth mouth and ūs us palatalization of proto germanic k before front vowels and j e g proto germanic kinn and lē 1 kj became old frisian tzin chin and lētza physician compare. Compare latvian klàips loaf lithuanian kliẽpas loaf proto indo european kʷel is suggested as their origin owing to the fact that the. Heaven sky also figuratively highest point of something from proto germanic khrofam source also of old frisian rhoof roof middle dutch roof rouf cover roof dutch roef deckhouse cabin coffin lid middle high german rof penthouse old norse hrof boat shed.

There are no apparent connections outside the germanic family. If so it would be an early borrowing since the word then apparently displays the effects of grimm s law. Proto germanic developed from pre proto germanic into three branches during the first half of the first millennium of the common era. The germanic word could well have been borrowed from the same source.

Old english hrof roof ceiling top from proto germanic khrofaz compare old frisian rhoof roof middle dutch roof. From middle english rof from old english hrōf roof ceiling.