raik

• rake

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”).

• IPA^(key): /ɹeɪk/
• Rhymes: -eɪk
• Homophone: rake

raik (plural raiks)

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

• (journey on foot): see Thesaurus:journey

raik (third-person singular simple present raiks, present participle raiking, simple past and past participle raiked)

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

• (to walk): see Thesaurus:walk

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