roop

Meaning

Verb

1. To cry; shout.
2. To roar; make a great noise.
3. To make hoarse.

Noun

Hoarseness.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹuːp/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: ropen

Inherited from Old English: hrōpan

Cognate with Scots: roup

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: roupe

Cognate with Dutch: roepen

Cognate with German: rufen

Cognate with Swedish: ropa

Cognate with Icelandic: hrópa

In summary

From Middle English ropen (“to cry out”), from Old English hrōpan (“to shout, proclaim; cry out, scream, howl”), from Proto-Germanic *hrōpaną (“to call, shout, cry”), from Proto-Indo-European *ker-, *kor- (“to caw, crow”). Cognate with Scots roup (“to shout, roar, cry out loudly”), Saterland Frisian roupe (“to call, shout”), Dutch roepen (“to shout, cry out”), German rufen (“to call, cry, shout”), Swedish ropa (“to call, cry out, shout”), Icelandic hrópa (“to cry out”).