Where does “רײַסן” come from?

רײַסן (Yiddish) comes from Middle High German rīzen, from Old High German rīzan, from Proto-West Germanic hrītan, from Proto-Germanic hrītaną — to scratch, carve; to rip; to tear, pull.

רײַסן (Yiddish): to tear, rip

Definitions

  1. to tear, rip

Ancestry of “רײַסן”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanrīzento tear, rend, rip
2Old High Germanrīzanto scratch
3Proto-West Germanichrītanto scratch, carve; to rip; to tear, pull
4Proto-Germanichrītanąto scratch, carve; to rip; to tear, pull

Words derived from “רײַסן”

Every word from Proto-Germanic hrītaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hrītan →Every word from Old High German rīzan →