Etymology

rise

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Today it means: To move upwards. Full definition →

Middle English risen ← Old English rīsan ← Proto-West Germanic *rīsan
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rise · verb, noun1

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*h₃er-“to rise, spring”
  2. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*h₁rey-“to arise, rise”
  3. Proto-Germanic · derived from*rīsaną“to rise”
  4. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*rīsan
  5. Old English · derived fromrīsan
  6. Middle English · derived fromrisen
  7. English todayrise

From Middle English risen, from Old English rīsan, from Proto-West Germanic *rīsan, from Proto-Germanic *rīsaną (“to rise”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rey- (“to arise, rise”). According to Kroonen (2013), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- (“to rise, spring”). See also raise. Cognates Cognate with Dutch rijzen (“to rise”), German reisen (“to fall”), Limburgish rieze (“to rise”), Faroese and Icelandic rísa (“to rise”), Norwegian Nynorsk risa, rise (“to rise”), Gothic *𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽 (*reisan, “to rise”) (whence 𐌿𐍂𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽 (urreisan, “to arise”)). Non-Germanic cognates include Cornish ardh (“height”), Irish arad, ard, árd (“high, tall”), Manx ard (“high, tall”), Scottish Gaelic àrd (“high”), Welsh ardd (“hill, upland”), Latin orior (“to rise”), Ancient Greek ἔρις (éris, “quarell, strife; contention, rivalry”) (whence Greek έριδα (érida, “feud”)), Albanian rashë (“to have fallen; to have flopped”), Bulgarian ръст (răst, “size; stature; growth”), Czech růst (“growth”), Macedonian раст (rast, “growth, height”), Polish rost, wzrost (“growth”), Russian рост (rost, “growth”), Serbo-Croatian ра̑ст, rȃst (“growth”), Slovene rȃst (“growth”), Old Armenian յառնեմ (yaṙnem, “to arise, rise”) (whence Armenian հառնել (haṙnel, “to rise up”)), Persian رمبیدن (rombidan, “to collapse”), Tocharian A ar- (“to evoke”), Tocharian B er- (“to evoke”), Hittite 𒀀𒊏𒀀𒄑𒍣 (arāwanzi, “to rise”), Sanskrit ऋ (ṛ, “to rise”).

rise · noun2

  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*hrīsą“twig; shoot”
  2. Old English · inherited fromhrīs
  3. Middle English · inherited fromris
  4. English todayrise

From Middle English ris, rys, from Old English hrīs, from Proto-Germanic *hrīsą (“twig; shoot”). More at rice.

Rise · proper noun3

Variant spelling of Rice.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Germanic*rīsaną all →

raisearist

Proto-Indo-European*h₁rey- all →

raiserith

Proto-Indo-European*h₃er- all →

areraiseearnorientyearnrine

Old Englishhrīs all →

RisleyRisborough

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.