Etymology · Proto-Indo-European
*h₁reyp-
3 English words descend from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyp-, most common first.
- riverA large and often winding stream which drains a land mass, carrying water down from higher areas to a lower point, oftentimes ending in another body of water, such as an ocean or in an inland sea.
- rifeWidespread, common, prevalent, current (mainly of unpleasant or harmful things).
- riveTo tear apart by force; to rend; to split; to cleave.