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rafter (n.)
"sloping timber of a roof," Old English
ræftras
(West Saxon),
reftras
(Mercian), both plural, related to Old Norse
raptr
"log," from Proto-Germanic
*raf-tra-
, from PIE
*rap-tro-
, from root
*rep-
"stake, beam."