Rip
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From Middle English rippen, from earlier ryppen (“to pluck”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *rupjaną, *ruppōną (compare West Frisian rippe, ripje, roppe, ropje (“to rip”), Dutch dialectal rippen, Low German ruppen, German Low German röpen, German rupfen), intensive of *raupijaną (compare Old English rīpan, rīepan ‘to plunder’, West Frisian rippe ‘to rip, tear’, German raufen 'to rip'),[1] [2] causative of Proto-Indo-European *roub- ~ *reub- (compare Albanian rrabe ‘maquis’,[3] possibly Latin rubus (“bramble”)), variant of *Hrewp- (“to break”).[4] More at reave, rob.
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The root jīm rā fā (ج ر ف)
