rive
Danish
/riːvə/
noun
Definitions
- rake
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse hrífa (grip, rake, snatch), hrífa (grip, rake, snatch) derived from Proto-Germanic *hrībaną (snatch, grip).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*hrībaną
Gloss
snatch, grip
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- outrive English
- rive English
- rivel English
- rivest English
- riveth English
- torive English
- *(s)kréybʰeti Proto-Indo-European
- rive Norwegian Bokmål
- *hrībaną Proto-Germanic
- rive Norwegian Nynorsk
- riven Middle English
- hrífa Old Norse
- rifna Old Norse
- rífa Old Norse
- løs Danish
- løsrive Danish
- løsrivelse Danish
- revne Danish
- hrífa Icelandic
- rífa Icelandic
- *hrīban gmw-pro
- riva Scanian