Reconstruction:Old High German/hraffon

This Old High German 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.

Old High German edit

Alternative forms edit

*raffōn

Etymology edit

From Proto-West Germanic *hrapōn, from Proto-Germanic *hrapōną (“scratch; snatch”).

Verb edit

*hraffōn

to grasp, to snatch

Descendants edit

Middle High German: raffen
- German: raffen
- Luxembourgish: rafen
→ Vulgar Latin: *raffō
- Galician: rafar
- Italian: arraffare
- → Old French: raffer, rafer
  - Middle English: *raffen
    - → English: raff

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