Etymograph

English

rise

Rise comes from Old English rīsan, from Proto-Germanic *rīsaną ‘to rise’, possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rey- ‘to arise’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁rey-1‘to rise, arise’uncertain
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*rīsaną1‘to rise’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*rīsan1‘to rise’reconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150rīsan1‘to rise’
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500risen1‘to rise’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1590rise1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English rise, which cites Kroonen
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1590, Edmund Spenser, Book II, Canto IX: “There chaunced to the Princes hand to rize, /…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁rey-Wiktionary, English rise, which cites Kroonen‘to rise, arise’uncertain
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*rīsanąWiktionary, English rise, which cites Kroonen‘to rise’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*rīsanWiktionary, English rise, which cites Kroonen‘to rise’reconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150rīsanWiktionary, English rise, which cites Kroonen‘to rise’
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500risenWiktionary, English rise, which cites Kroonen‘to rise’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1590riseWiktionary, English rise, which cites Kroonen. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1590, Edmund Spenser, Book II, Canto IX: “There chaunced to the Princes hand to rize, /…”

Word family

English words that share an ancestor with rise, grouped by the ancestor they share, most familiar first.

through Proto-Indo-European *h₁rey- ‘to arise, rise’

  • rear ← reren ← rǣran ← *raiʀijan ← *raizijaną

through Proto-Germanic *rīsaną ‘to rise’

  • raise ← reysen ← reisa ← ᚱᛡᛁᛋᛁᛞᛟ ← *raisijaną

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Another origin of rise

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kréys-o-mreconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hrīsą‘twig’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*hrīsreconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150hrīs‘twig’
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500ris
  6. Englishtodayrise

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Today it means

verb To move upwards.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “rise”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁rey- / rise