Raw
Old English hrēaw, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch rauw and German roh, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek kreas ‘raw flesh’.
wiktionary
From Middle English rawe, raw, rau, from Old English hrēaw(“raw, uncooked”), from Proto-West Germanic *hrau, from Proto-Germanic *hrawaz, *hrēwaz(“raw”), from Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂-(“raw meat, fresh blood”). Cognate with Scots raw(“raw”), Dutch rauw(“raw”), German roh(“raw”), Swedish rå(“raw”), Icelandic hrár(“raw”), Latin crūdus(“raw, bloody, uncooked”), Irish cró(“blood”), Lithuanian kraujas(“blood”), Russian кровь(krovʹ, “blood”). Related also to Old English hrēow, hrēoh(“rough, fierce, wild, angry, disturbed, troubled, sad, stormy, tempestuous”). More at ree.
etymonline
raw (adj.)
Middle English raue, from Old English hreaw, hreow "uncooked," from Proto-Germanic *khrawaz (source also of Old Norse hrar, Danish raa, Old Saxon hra, Middle Dutch rau, Dutch rauw, Old High German hrawer, German roh), from PIE root *kreue- "raw flesh."
Of skin, "tender, sore, abraded," from late 14c.; of persons, "crude or rude from want of experience, unskilled, youthfully ignorant," from c. 1500; of weather, "damp and sharply chilly" recorded from 1540s. Also used in Middle English of unspun silk, unfulled cloth, untanned hides, etc. Related: Rawly; rawness.
Raw material "unmanufactured material, material for fabrication in its natural state" is from 1796; the notion is of "in a rudimentary condition, in the state of natural growth or formation." Of data, measurements, etc., "not yet processed or adjusted," 1904. In names of colors or pigments, "crude, not brought to perfect finish" (1886). Phrase in the raw "naked" (1921) is from the raw "exposed flesh," which is attested from 1823. Raw deal "harsh treatment" is attested by 1893. Raw bar "bar selling raw oysters" is by 1943.
