English

roof tree

From roof + tree.

A compound of roof + tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱrapo-

Proto-Germanic *hrōfą

Proto-West Germanic *hrōf

Old English hrōf ‘roof’

Middle English rhof

English roof

Proto-Indo-European *dóru

Proto-Germanic *trewą

Proto-West Germanic *treu

Old English trēo ‘tree’

Middle English trau

English tree

Today it means

noun The ridgepole of a peaked roof, especially that of a house.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / roof tree