Proto-Germanic: *rē[f]a-z, -n, *rḗfēn, *ra[f]i-z, *rafta-z; *rō[f]ōn
Meaning: rafter, beam
Old Norse: räf-r m. `Dach'; rāfr m., rāf n. `Sparrendach, Dachstuhl, Dachraum', rapt-r m. `Dachsparren, Balken'; rōfa f. `Schwanz, Steissbein'
Norwegian: räve; rɔv; rova; dial. raft
Old Swedish: räf
Swedish: dial. raft
Old Danish: raft
Old English: räfter, -es `rafter, beam'
English: rafter
Middle Dutch: rāve `Balken'
Middle Low German: rāve `Balken'; rafter, rachter `kleiner Balken, Latte'
Old High German: rāvo, rāfo `Sparren, Balken'
Middle High German: rāve, rāfe wk. m. 'sparren, dachsparren'
