roop

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*ker-
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*hrōpaną“to call, shout, cry”
3. Old English · inherited fromhrōpan“to shout, proclaim; cry out, scream, howl”
4. Middle English · inherited fromropen“to cry out”
5. English todayroop

From Middle English ropen (“to cry out”), from Old English hrōpan (“to shout, proclaim; cry out, scream, howl”), from Proto-Germanic *hrōpaną (“to call, shout, cry”), from Proto-Indo-European *ker-, *kor- (“to caw, crow”). Cognate with Scots roup (“to shout, roar, cry out loudly”), Saterland Frisian roupe (“to call, shout”), Dutch roepen (“to shout, cry out”), German rufen (“to call, cry, shout”), Swedish ropa (“to call, cry out, shout”), Icelandic hrópa (“to cry out”).

Words from the same roots