The story
- Proto-Germanic · derived from*rīsaną“to rise”
- Proto-Germanic · derived from*uz-“up, out”
- Proto-Germanic · derived from*uzrīsaną“to rise up”
- Proto-Germanic · inherited from*uzristiz“a rising up”
- Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*uʀristi
- Old English · inherited fromǣrist“getting up, rising, resurrection”
- Middle English · inherited fromarist
- English todayarist
From Middle English arist, aristh, ærist, from Old English ǣrist (“getting up, rising, resurrection”), from Proto-West Germanic *uʀristi, from Proto-Germanic *uzristiz (“a rising up”), from Proto-Germanic *uzrīsaną (“to rise up”), from Proto-Germanic *uz- (“up, out”) + Proto-Germanic *rīsaną (“to rise”), equivalent to arise + -t. Cognate with Gothic 𐌿𐍂𐍂𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍃 (urrists, “a rising up”). More at arise.
Words from the same roots
Old Englishǣrist all →
Proto-Germanic*uzrīsaną all →
Proto-Germanic*uz- all →
Proto-Germanic*rīsaną all →
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.