raik

raik · noun, verb¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*(o)reg'-
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*rēkō
3. Old Norse · derived fromrák“trail”
4. Middle English · inherited fromrake“path”
5. English todayraik

From Middle English rake (“path”), from Old Norse rák (“trail”), from Proto-Germanic *rēkō, *raką, *rakō, *rakǭ (“file of tracks, line”), from Proto-Indo-European *(o)reg'-, *(o)reg'a- (“to straighten, direct”). Cognate with Icelandic rák (“streak, grazing”), Icelandic raka (“strip, series”), Norwegian røk (“grazing”), Norwegian rak (“wick”), Old English race, racu (“a run, riverbed”).

raik · noun²

See rake (noun) (etymology 4).

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