Where does “raspily” come from?
raspily (English) comes from English raspy, from English rasp, from Middle English raspen, from Old French rasper, from Latin raspāre, from Frankish hraspōn, from Proto-Germanic hraspōną, from Proto-Germanic hrespaną — to cut, cut off, sever.
raspily (English): In a raspy way
Ancestry of “raspily”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | raspy | Rough, raw, especially used to describe vocal... |
| 2 | English | rasp | A coarse file, on which the cutting prominences... |
| 3 | Middle English | raspen | — |
| 4 | Old French | rasper | to grate, scratch |
| 5 | Latin | raspāre | — |
| 6 | Frankish | hraspōn | to rasp, to grate, to scratch |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | hraspōną | to rasp, grate, scrape; to steal |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | hrespaną | to tear; rip; to plunder |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)krebʰ- | to turn; bend; shrink |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ker- | to cut off; to turn, bend |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |