Where does “risen” come from?
Rise comes from Middle English rys, from Old French ris, from Italian riso, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European rei-, related to Latin ridere and Latin sapere through the prefix re-.
risen (English): past participle of rise
Definitions
- past participle of rise
Ancestry of “risen”, step by step
risen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English rise
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | rise | To move, or appear to move, physically upwards... |
| 2 | Middle English | risen | to rise |
| 3 | Old English | rīsan | to rise; to seize, carry off |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *rīsan | to scale; move vertically (either up or down) |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | rīsaną | to scale; move vertically; to rise |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁rey- | to arise, arise; to rise, arise; to rise; arise |
via German riesen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | riesen | giant |