Reif.
frost, hoar frost (cover of minute ice crystals on a surface)
Meaning & usage
frost, hoar frost (cover of minute ice crystals on a surface)
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German rīf(e), from Old High German rīfo, hrīfo, from Proto-West Germanic *hrīpō. Cognate with Dutch rijp. Likely related with (and possibly from a stem variant of) Proto-Germanic *hrīmô, whence English rime.
any ring-shaped piece of jewelry
archaic form of Reifen (“hoop, tyre”)
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German reif, from Old High German reif (“belt, strap, cord, ring, hoop”), from Proto-West Germanic *raip, from Proto-Germanic *raipaz (“band, cord, strap”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁roypnós. Doublet of nautical Reep (from Low German). Further cognate with Dutch reep, English rope, Icelandic reipi.
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