raise

raise · verb, noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*h₃er-“to stir, rise”
2. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*h₁rey-“to rise, arise”
3. Proto-Germanic · derived from*rīsaną“to rise”
4. Proto-Germanic · derived from*raisijaną
5. Old Norse · derived fromreisa“to raise”
6. Middle English · inherited fromreysen
7. English todayraise

From Middle English reysen, raisen, reisen, from Old Norse reisa (“to raise”), from Proto-Germanic *raisijaną, *raizijaną (“to raise”), causative form of Proto-Germanic *rīsaną (“to rise”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rey- (“to rise, arise”). According to Kroonen (2013), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- (“to stir, rise”). Cognate with Old English rāsian (“to explore, examine, research”), Old English rīsan (“to seize, carry off”), Old English rǣran (“to raise”). Doublet of rear.

raise · noun²

1. Old Norse · borrowed fromhreysi
2. English todayraise

Borrowed from Old Norse hreysi; the spelling came about under the influence of the folk etymology that derived it from the verb.

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