Roof meaning definition synonyms translations origin.
Roof proto germanic.
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.
Old english þæc roof thatch cover of a building from proto germanic thakam source also of old norse þak old frisian thek swedish tak danish tag middle dutch dutch dak roof old high german dah covering cover german dach roof from pie root s teg to cover.
The germanic word could well have been borrowed from the same source.
Old english hrof roof ceiling top summit.
Compare latvian klàips loaf lithuanian kliẽpas loaf proto indo european kʷel is suggested as their origin owing to the fact that the.
Roof n old english hrof roof ceiling top summit.
If so it would be an early borrowing since the word then apparently displays the effects of grimm s law.
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.
Proto germanic developed from pre proto germanic into three branches during the first half of the first millennium of the common era.
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.
Old english hrof roof ceiling top from proto germanic khrofaz compare old frisian rhoof roof middle dutch roof.
Roof plural roofs or rooves the external covering at the top of a building.
Heaven sky also figuratively highest point of something from proto germanic khrofam cf.
Heaven sky from proto germanic hrōfą roof.
There are no apparent connections outside the germanic family.
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.
From middle english rof from old english hrōf roof ceiling.
