> from PIE *roup-tro-, from root *reup- "to snatch"
This would make it a cognate of rape, by the way.
But being traceable to Proto-Indo-European doesn't tell you anything about the age of the English word. That is a loan from Hindi, and only dates back to the British Raj.
That doesn't mean much. Compare https://www.etymonline.com/word/loot :
> "goods taken from an enemy, etc.,"
> from PIE *roup-tro-, from root *reup- "to snatch"
This would make it a cognate of rape, by the way.
But being traceable to Proto-Indo-European doesn't tell you anything about the age of the English word. That is a loan from Hindi, and only dates back to the British Raj.