Etymograph

English

Reef

Reef comes from German Reef.

  1. Germanc. 1650–presentReef
  2. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Germanc. 1650–presentReef
  2. Englishtodaysame form

The story

Borrowed from North German Reef, possibly related to Reep (‘rope’), or otherwise from obsolete rif (‘body’) (from Proto-West Germanic *hrif).

Every English word from German Reef

Today it means

name A surname from German.

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Etymograph / German Reef / Reef

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