Where does “raye” come from?

raye (Yoruba) comes from Vietnamese rà, from Latin rēx, from Proto-Italic rēks, from Proto-Indo-European h₃rḗǵs, from Proto-Indo-European h₃reǵ- — to straighten, to right oneself; right; just.

raye (Yoruba): to buy a particular amount of something

Definitions

  1. to buy a particular amount of something

Ancestry of “raye”, step by step

raye traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseto check
2Latinrēxking, ruler
3Proto-Italicrēksking
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃rḗǵsking, ruler
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃reǵ-to straighten, to right oneself; right; just

via Yoruba iyè

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubaiyè
2Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
3Chichewaiyehe, she

via Yoruba

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubato see, to find
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃reǵ-