Reep

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*(s)ker-“to bend”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*hrepaz
3. Old Norse · derived fromhrip
4. Middle English · derived fromhrip“basket”
5. Dutch · borrowed fromReep
6. English todayReep

Borrowed from Dutch Reep, an occupational surname for a ropemaker, from reep (“rope”). Compare Roper, Reeb. Also an English metonymic occupational surname for a porter or a basket maker, from Middle English hrip (“basket”), from Old Norse hrip, from Proto-Germanic *hrepaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to bend”). Also as an English surname, from the verb reap. Compare Ripper.

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