Where does “raida” come from?

raida (Proto-Albanian) comes from Proto-Indo-European h₂rey-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- — to fit, to fix, to put together.

Ancestry of “raida”, step by step

raida traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European h₂rey-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂rey-to count, count out; to arrange
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

via Proto-Germanic raidaz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicraidazready, arranged, prepared
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂reh₁dʰ-to care

Words derived from “raida

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂rey-