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RiveEnglish (en) · Unnumbered etymologySource text
Borrowed from French Rive.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗riveEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyp- Proto-Germanic *rīfaną Old Norse rífabor. Middle English riven English rive From Middle English riven (“to rive”), of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse rífa (“to rend, tear apart”), from Proto-Germanic *rīfaną (“to tear, scratch”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyp- (“to crumble, tear”). Cognate with Danish rive (“to tear”), Old Frisian rīva (“to tear”), Old English ārǣfan (“to let loose, unwrap”), Old Norse ript (“breach of contract, rift”), Norwegian Bokmål rive (“to tear”), Swedish riva (”to tear”) and Albanian rrip (“belt, rope”). More at rift.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗riveEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
Compare Latin ripa (“shore”).
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Chambers (1908)
1908- RiveEnglish · e-38699-6685
Rive, rīv, v.t. to tear asunder: to split: to pierce: to explode.—v.i. to be split asunder:—pa.t. rīved; pa.p. rīved, riv′en.—n. that which is torn. [Scand., Ice. rífa, to rive; Dut. rijven, Ger. reiben.]
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Rive, rīv, n. a bank: shore.—v.i. to land.
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