# raik

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɹeɪk/

## Definitions
1. A walk, or a journey taken (especially on foot); the act of taking a walk or journey.
2. The movement of animals while grazing.
3. The pastureland over which animals graze; a range, a stray.
4. A journey to transport something between two places; a run; also, the quantity of items so transported.

## Etymology
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”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/raik