Middle English word raven comes from Latin crescendum, Latin rumpere, Proto-Indo-European *(a)rēy-, Proto-Germanic *rē-, Old Norse ráfa, and later Proto-Indo-European *Hréwpt (To break.)
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| crescendum | Latin (lat) | |
| rumpere | Latin (lat) | |
| *(a)rēy- | Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) | to regulate, count, to customise, regulate, order, count, add |
| *rē- | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | |
| ráfa | Old Norse (non) | |
| *ḱr̥- | Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) | |
| *Hrewp- | Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) | to break |
| *ḱorh₂- | Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) | |
| *Hréwpt | Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) | To break. |
| *rēswaną | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | To counsel, deliberate. |
| *hrabnaz | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | Raven. |
| *reufaną | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | To tear. |
| *rāswan | Frankish (frk) | To conjecture, guess. To consider. |
| hræfn | Old English (ang) | Raven. |
| *raubą | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | |
| rēofan | Old English (ang) | |
| resver | Old French (fro) | To hallucinate; to be delirious. To wander about. |
| *raubōną | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | To rob, steal, plunder. |
| raver | Old French (fro) | |
| reafian | Old English (ang) | To plunder. To reave. To rob. |
| rēafian | Old English (ang) | |
| reven | Middle English (enm) |