Etymograph

English

Raw

Raw comes from Old English rǣw ‘row’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *reyk- ‘to carve, scratch, etch’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*reyk-‘to carve, scratch, etch’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*raiwō‘row, streak, line’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*raiwureconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150rǣwas rāw‘row’
  5. EnglishtodayRaw

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*reyk-‘to carve, scratch, etch’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*raiwō‘row, streak, line’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*raiwureconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150rǣwas rāw‘row’
  5. EnglishtodayRaw

The story

Topographic surname for someone who lived at a hedgerow or at a row of houses, from Old English rāw (‘row’).

Linked words

through Proto-West Germanic *raiwu

rowed

through Old English rǣw ‘row’

row, 1 more

Today it means

name A surname from Old English.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *reyk- / Raw

Shirt and support for this word