Etymograph

English

roop

Roop comes from Middle English ropen ‘to cry out’, from Old English hrōpan ‘to shout, proclaim’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ker- ‘army’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ker-‘army’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hrōpaną‘to call, shout, cry’reconstructed
  3. Old Englishc. 450–1150hrōpan‘to shout, proclaim’
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500ropen‘to cry out’
  5. Englishtodayroop

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ker-‘army’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hrōpaną‘to call, shout, cry’reconstructed
  3. Old Englishc. 450–1150hrōpan‘to shout, proclaim’
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500ropen‘to cry out’
  5. Englishtodayroop

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ker- ‘army’

harry, rugby, caravan, rout, 5 more

through Old English hrōpan ‘to shout, proclaim’

croup

through Middle English ropen ‘to cry out’

rope

Today it means

verb To cry; shout.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ker- / roop

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