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Number: 1574
Root: rāp-, rēp-
English meaning: turnip
German meaning: `Rübe'
General comments: Wanderwort unbekannter Herkunft
Material: Gr. ῥάπυς, ῥάφυς f. `Rübe', ῥάφανος, ῥαφάνη `Rettig', att. `Kohl', ῥαφανί̄ς, -ι̃δος `Rettig'; lat. rāpum, rāpa `Rübe', rāpistrum `wilde Rübe', rāpīna `Rübenfeld' (wie lit. ropienà) und `Rüben'; ahd. ruoba, ruoppa (*rōbjō) `Rübe', daneben j-lose Nebenform in aisl. rōfa `der knochige Teil des Pferdeschwanzes', norw. rôva `Schwanz', dazu im Ablaut ahd. rāba, mhd. rābe, rāpe, rappe ds., schweiz. räb(e) bair. räben (also ist ahd. rēba als jō(n)-St. anzusetzen); die germ. Formen können nicht aus dem Lat. stammen; sicher lat. Lw. ist nur ndl. raap, engl. rope; lit. rópė `Rübe', ropienà `Rubenfeld'; r.-ksl. rěpa `Rübe'; alb. repë `Rübe' aus dem Lat. oder Slav.; unklar ist cymr. erfin `Rüben' (Plur.), bret. irvin ds. (*arbīno-);
References: WP. II 341, WH. II 418, Trautmann 237, Wissmann bei Marzell, Pflanzennamen 1, 659.
Pages: 852
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Indo-European etymology :
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Proto-IE: *rāp-/-ē-
Meaning: turnip
Old Greek: ? rháphü-s, rhápü-s f. `Rübe', rháphano-s f. `Kohl, Brassica cretica; Rettich, Raphanus sativus'
Slavic: *rḗpā
Latin: rāpum, -ī n., rāpa f. `Rübe'
Russ. meaning: растение (репа)
Comments: Greek rh- is irregular, as if the root had *sr- or *wr-; -ph- is also irregular. Greek form might be borrowed from the northern IE languages.
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Baltic etymology :
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Proto-Baltic: *rā̂p-iā̃ (1) f.
Meaning: turnip
Lithuanian: rṓpē `(weisse) Rübe (Brassica rapa)', dial. 'Kartoffel'
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Germanic etymology :
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Proto-Germanic: *rōbṓn, *rōbiṓn; *rēbṓ(n)
Meaning: turnip
Old Norse: NIsl rōfa `Rübe'
Swedish: rova
Danish: roe
Middle Dutch: roeve
Middle Low German: rōve
Old High German: rāba f. (um 1100); ruoba (11.Jh.) `Rübe'
Middle High German: ruobe, rüebe wk. f. 'rübe'
German: Rübe f.; schweiz. rābi, bair. Kohlraben
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