*hrōfą

Runic: ᚺᚱᛟᚠᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈxrɔː.ɸɑ̃/

noun · neuter · a-stem

Meanings

roof

From Proto-Indo-European *krāpo-, *ḱrapo- (‘roof’), from Proto-Indo-European *krewH-.

Cognate with Irish cró (‘pen, barn, cabin’), Proto-Slavic *stropъ.

*hrōf (Proto-West Germanic)
- hrōf (Old Frisian)
- ruof (Old High German)
*hrōf (Proto-West Germanic)
- *ruof (Old Dutch)
  - roef, rouf (Middle Dutch)
    - roef (Dutch)
      - rouf (French)
      - ruff (Norwegian)
      - ruff (Swedish)
*hrōf (Proto-West Germanic)
- *ruof (Old Dutch)
  - roef, rouf (Middle Dutch)
    - roef (Dutch)
      - ruf (Danish)
        
        ruff (Faroese)
        
        rúff (Icelandic)
*hrōf (Proto-West Germanic)
- hrōf (Old English)
  - rof, roof, ruffe (Middle English)
    - roof (English)
    - ruf, ruif (Scots)
*hrōf (Proto-West Germanic)
- *hrōf (Old Saxon)
  - rôf (Middle Low German)
    - Roof (Low German)
      - Roof (German)
hróf (Old Norse)
- rógv (Faroese)
- hróf (Icelandic)
hróf (Old Norse)
- ? (Norwegian)
  - rōv (Norwegian Nynorsk)
hróf (Old Norse)
- rōgh (Old Swedish)
  - ro (Swedish)