Where does “rakelike” come from?
rakelike (English) comes from English like, from Dutch luik, from Middle Dutch luke, from Dutch luiken, from Middle Dutch luken, from Old Dutch lūcan, from Proto-West Germanic lūkan, from Proto-Germanic lūkaną — to break, tear; to break, shatter.
rakelike (English): Resembling or characteristic of a rake
Definitions
- Resembling or characteristic of a rake
Ancestry of “rakelike”, step by step
rakelike traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English like
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | like | To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of;... |
| 2 | Dutch | luik | hatch; shutter; panel, as in a triptych |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | luke | — |
| 4 | Dutch | luiken | to close, to shut |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | luken | to close, to shut; to close, to become closed |
| 6 | Old Dutch | lūcan | to close, shut |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | lūkan | to close, to shut |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | lūkaną | to close, to shut; Alternative form of *leukaną |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | lewǵ- | to break, tear; to break, shatter |
via English rake
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | rake | A garden tool with a row of pointed teeth fixed... |
| 2 | English | rakehell | Immoral; dissolute; A lewd or wanton person; a... |
| 3 | English | hell | A place or situation of great suffering in life;... |
| 4 | Middle English | helle | Hell the Christian place of damnation |
| 5 | Old English | hell | hell |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | hallju | the netherworld, the underworld, hell |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | haljō | the netherworld, the underworld, hell |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱel- | to cover; to incline |