The Norse Word Raise

The word fry as a type of cooking comes from a completely different french word. With respect to bringing up children, the old english word was rear but the vikings brought the word rays. Rays had a more literalse of making something higher. In the 17 hundreds, in the american south, that construction was extended to animals. It became common to speak about raising pigs or cows or other live stock. And from there, it was apply to humans. So you might raise a child. Now that construction was bitterly opposed by grammarians in the northern part of the united states. But despite the protest, it's now generally acceptable to use the norse word raise with respect to children