English
raft
Raft comes from Old Norse raptr, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *rap-tro-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*rap-tro-reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*raf-tra-reconstructed
- Old Norsec. 800–1350raptr
- Englishearliest quotation 1852raft
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*rap-tro-reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*raf-tra-reconstructed
- Old Norsec. 800–1350raptr
- Englishearliest quotation 1852raft
Earliest quotation: 1852, H. Milnor Knapp, The Master's Mate's Yarn: “Two score and more of young, able-bodied men they…”
Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *rap-tro-
Today it means
noun A flat-bottomed craft able to float and drift on water, used for transport or as a waterborne platform.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *rap-tro- / raft