Where does “Raven” come from?
Raven (English) comes from Middle English raven, from Old English hræfn, from Proto-West Germanic hrabn, from Proto-Germanic hrabnaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱorh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.
Raven (English): for a girl with raven hair, used since the 1970s
Definitions
- for a girl with raven hair, used since the 1970s
Ancestry of “Raven”, step by step
Raven traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English raven
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | raven | to wander; to rave; talk like a madman |
| 2 | Old English | hræfn | raven |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | hrabn | raven |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | hrabnaz | raven |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱorh₂- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
via Middle English ravin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | ravin | — |
| 2 | Old French | ravine | robbery, rapine; violent rush of water,... |
| 3 | Latin | rapīna | robbery, plundering, pillage, rapine |
| 4 | Latin | -ina | nominative feminine singular of -īnus; nominative... |
| 5 | Latin | -īnus | of or pertaining to; -ine |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -īnos | of/belonging to |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |