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Reconstruction:Proto-Hellenic/erépʰō

This Proto-Hellenic 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-Hellenic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁rébʰ-e-ti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rebʰ- (to cover, to roof; rib); cognate with Proto-Germanic *ribją (rib; reef, ridge) and Proto-Balto-Slavic *rébra (rib).

Verb

*erépʰō[1]

  1. to cover, provide with a roof

Inflection

Descendants

  • Ancient Greek: ἐρέφω (eréphō)

References

  1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἐρέφω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 456
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