fraist

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*per-“to try, risk”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*fraistōną“to try”
3. Old Norse · derived fromfreista“to try, tempt, make trial of”
4. Middle English · inherited fromfraisten
5. English todayfraist

From Middle English fraisten, freisten, frasten, from Old Norse freista (“to try, tempt, make trial of”), from Proto-Germanic *fraistōną (“to try”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to try, risk”). Cognate with Icelandic freista (“to tempt”), Swedish fresta (“to try, tempt, tantalise”), Danish friste (“to try, tempt”), Old English frāsian (“to ask, inquire, tempt, try”). More at fraise.

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