English
rise
Rise comes from Old English rīsan, from Proto-Germanic *rīsaną ‘to rise’, possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rey- ‘to arise’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁rey-‘to rise, arise’uncertain
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*rīsaną‘to rise’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*rīsan‘to rise’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150rīsan‘to rise’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500risen‘to rise’
- Englishearliest quotation 1590rise
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-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*rīsan‘to rise’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150rīsan‘to rise’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500risen‘to rise’
- Englishearliest quotation 1590rise
Earliest quotation: 1590, Edmund Spenser, Book II, Canto IX: “There chaunced to the Princes hand to rize, /…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₁rey- ‘to arise, rise’
through Proto-Germanic *rīsaną ‘to rise’
Another origin of rise
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kréys-o-mreconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hrīsą‘twig’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*hrīsreconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150hrīs‘twig’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500ris
- Englishtodayrise
Today it means
verb To move upwards.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁rey- / rise