English
raise
Raise comes from Old Norse reisa ‘to raise’, from Proto-Germanic *raisijaną, causative of *rīsaną ‘to rise’, possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rey- ‘to rise’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁rey-‘to rise, arise’uncertain
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*rīsaną‘to rise’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanic, derivedc. 500 BCE–200 CE*raisijaną‘to raise’reconstructedcausative form of *rīsaną
- Old Norsec. 800–1350reisa‘to raise’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500reysen‘to cause to stand up’
- Englishearliest quotation 1593raise
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁rey-‘to rise, arise’uncertain
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*rīsaną‘to rise’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanic, derivedc. 500 BCE–200 CE*raisijaną‘to raise’reconstructedcausative form of *rīsaną
- Old Norsec. 800–1350reisa‘to raise’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500reysen‘to cause to stand up’
- Englishearliest quotation 1593raise
Earliest quotation: 1593, anonymous author, The Life and Death of Iacke Straw […]: “May it pleaſe your Grace that I ſhall raiſe…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₁rey- ‘to rise, arise’
through Proto-Germanic *rīsaną ‘to rise’
Another origin of raise
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*krewH-‘to heap up’root as named · steps between not traced
- Old Norsec. 800–1350hreysi‘a pile or heap of stones’
- Englishtodayraise
Borrowed from Old Norse hreysi; the spelling came about under the influence of the folk etymology that derived it from the verb.folk etymology The source marks this as unproven or a folk etymology. Quoted, not asserted.
Today it means
verb To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁rey- / raise