Where does “rawboned” come from?
rawboned (English) comes from English raw, from Middle English rawe, from Old English hrēaw, from Proto-West Germanic hrau, from Proto-Germanic hrawaz, from Proto-Indo-European krewh₂- — blood outside the body.
rawboned (English): thin and bony; having prominent bones; gaunt
Definitions
- thin and bony; having prominent bones; gaunt
Ancestry of “rawboned”, step by step
rawboned traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English raw
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | raw | Not cooked; Not treated or processed; in a... |
| 2 | Middle English | rawe | raw; raw, unprocessed, unfiltered; wounded, hurt,... |
| 3 | Old English | hrēaw | raw, uncooked |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | hrau | raw |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hrawaz | raw, uncooked |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | krewh₂- | blood outside the body |
via English boned
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | boned | simple past tense and past participle of bone;... |