*ar- was meaning of Aryan

So if a- is a prefix here, is it the same as German
ge-?
And are rise, raise and rear (up) related to *ar-?

--- "Brian M. Scott" <BMScott@...> wrote:

> At 4:26:34 PM on Tuesday, February 12, 2008, Rick
> McCallister wrote:
>
> > I remember seeing, years ago, a claim that rise,
> raise and
> > rear (up) were non IE words, so I'm wondering if
> they're
> > related to *ar-
>
> > If so, what happened to the *a-? Was the a- of
> arise
> > perceived to be a prefix?
>
> To the best of my knowledge, the <a-> of <arise>
> *was* a
> prefix, originally <ar-> (as found in Northumb.
> <arri:san>,
> according to the OED s.v. <arise>) and also found as
> <or->,
> corresponding to Goth. <uz-, us->, OHG <ur-, ir-,
> ar->,
> OSax. <or-, ur- a->, and ON <ør->.
>
> Brian
>
>
>

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