Where does “rascar” come from?

rascar (Catalan) comes from Vulgar Latin rasicare, from Latin rāsus, from Latin rādō, from Proto-Italic razdō, from Proto-Indo-European rh₁d-dʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European reh₁d- — to scrape, scratch, gnaw.

rascar (Catalan): to scratch

Definitions

  1. to scratch

Ancestry of “rascar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinrasicareto escape; to scrape
2Latinrāsusscraped, shaved
3Latinrādōto scrape, shave, scratch
4Proto-Italicrazdō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanrh₁d-dʰ-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanreh₁d-to scrape, scratch, gnaw

Words derived from “rascar”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European reh₁d- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European rh₁d-dʰ- →Every word from Proto-Italic razdō →