Raik

Alternative forms

• rake

Origin

From Middle English rake ("path"), from Old Norse rák ("trail"), from Proto-Germanic *rēkō, *raką, *rakō, *rakǭ ("file of tracks, line"), from Proto-Indo-European *(o)reg'-, *(o)reg'a- ("to straighten, direct"). Cognate with Icelandic rák ("streak, grazing"), Icelandic raka ("strip, series"), Norwegian røk ("grazing"), Norwegian rak ("wick"), Old English race, racu ("a run, riverbed").

Full definition of raik

Noun

1. (in Scotland and Northern England) A walk, or a journey taken on foot; the movement of animals while grazing; the pastureland over which animals graze

Verb

1. (in Scotland and Northern England) To walk; to graze

Anagrams

• ikra, Irak, Kari, Kira, krai, raki, rika