Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/raub

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *raubaz.

Noun

*raub m

1. rape, pillage, robbery
2. that which is stolen, spoils, booty
3. garment, robe

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*raub
Genitive	*raubas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*raub	*raubō, *raubōs
Accusative	*raub	*raubā
Genitive	*raubas	*raubō
Dative	*raubē	*raubum
Instrumental	*raubu	*raubum

Related terms

• *reufan

Descendants

• Old English: rēaf
  • Middle English: reif, reaf, ræf, ref, reve, raf, ræve, rave, reafe
    • English: reif, reaf, rief
    • Scots: reif, rief, reiff, refe, ref
• Old Frisian: rāf
  • Saterland Frisian: Roof
  • West Frisian: rôf
• Old Saxon: *rōf
  • Middle Low German: rôf
    • German Low German: Roov
    • → Old Swedish: rōf
      • Swedish: rov
• Old Dutch: *rōf
  • Middle Dutch: rôof
    • Dutch: roof
• Old High German: roub, roup
  • Middle High German: roub, roup
    • Alemannic German: Raub
    • German: Raub
    • Luxembourgish: Raf
• → Early Medieval Latin: rauba
  • Italian: roba
  • Old French: robe, robbe, reube
    • Middle French: robe
      • French: robe
        • → Dutch: robe
        • → German: Robe
          • → Czech: róba
        • → Romanian: robă f
        • → Turkish: rop
    • Norman: robe
    • → Middle English: robe, roobe, rob, robbe
      • English: robe
        • → Irish: róba
        • → Scottish Gaelic: ròb
      • Scots: robe
  • Old Occitan:
    • Catalan: roba
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: roupa
    • Galician: roupa
    • Portuguese: roupa
  • Old Spanish:
    • Spanish: ropa
      • → Chamicuro: ropa