English
ropewalk
From rope + walk.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyp- ‘to tear, tear down’
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Proto-Germanic *raipaz ‘strip’
Proto-West Germanic *raip ‘strip, band’
Old English rāp ‘rope, cord, cable’
Middle English rop ‘a rope’
English rope
Proto-Indo-European *welH- ‘to roll’
Proto-Germanic *walkaną ‘to roll, toss, turn; to walk’
Proto-West Germanic *walkan
Old English wealcan ‘to move around, roll’
Middle English walken ‘to roll, toss; to walk’
English walk
Today it means
noun A place where rope is made, a rope factory.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / ropewalk