Reff.
reef (part of a sail that can be rolled in during high wind)
Meaning & usage
reef (part of a sail that can be rolled in during high wind)
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Low German Reff, from Middle Low German ref. Cognate with Dutch reef, English reef, Danish rev. Further origin uncertain. The West Germanic forms are possibly borrowed from Old Norse rif. If so, the word may identical to that for “rib” (Proto-Germanic *ribją), from which is also German Riff (“reef, bank of rocks”); or it may be a derivation from Old Norse ríva (“to tear”), from Proto-Germanic *rīfaną.
a wooden frame used to carry someone or something on the back
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German ref, from Old High German href, according to Pokorny, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreib-, from *(s)ker- (“to bend, turn”). Cognate with Old Norse hrip and perhaps with Latin corbis, whence German Korb. Compare also Lithuanian krepšỹs.
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