English dictionary, thesaurus, translations & etymology
FreeDict.com

reyse

The origin and history of reyse.

Etymology

From Middle English reysen (“to travel, journey, go on a military expedition”), probably from Middle Dutch reisen, resen (compare Old English rāsian (“to explore”)), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *raisōn (“to set out, depart, journey”). Cognate with Danish rejse (“to travel”), Dutch reizen (“to travel”), German reisen (“to travel”), Norwegian reise (“to travel”), Swedish resa (“to travel”). See also reys.

← Back to the full definition of reyse
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.