Where does “rapira” come from?
rapira (Crimean Tatar) comes from French rapière, from Middle French rapiere, from Old French rapiere, from Spanish raspadera, from Spanish raspar, from Latin raspāre, from Frankish hraspōn, from Proto-Germanic hraspōną — to cut, cut off, sever.
rapira (Crimean Tatar): foil
Ancestry of “rapira”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | rapière | rapier |
| 2 | Middle French | rapiere | — |
| 3 | Old French | rapiere | — |
| 4 | Spanish | raspadera | poker; raker; scraper |
| 5 | Spanish | raspar | to file down or sand down; to scrape; to scratch,... |
| 6 | Latin | raspāre | — |
| 7 | Frankish | hraspōn | to rasp, to grate, to scratch |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | hraspōną | to rasp, grate, scrape; to steal |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | hrespaną | to tear; rip; to plunder |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)krebʰ- | to turn; bend; shrink |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ker- | to cut off; to turn, bend |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |