Where does “razoklingo” come from?
razoklingo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto razi, from English Rati, from Swedish råd, from English raid, from Scots raid, from Middle English rade, from Old English rād, from Proto-West Germanic raidu — to fit, to fix, to put together.
razoklingo (Esperanto): razor blade
Definitions
- razor blade
Ancestry of “razoklingo”, step by step
razoklingo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto razi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | razi | to shave |
| 2 | English | Rati | The Hindu goddess of love, passion and sexual pleasure |
| 3 | Swedish | råd | a piece of advice, counsel; a means; money; a... |
| 4 | English | raid | A quick hostile or predatory incursion or... |
| 5 | Scots | raid | raid |
| 6 | Middle English | rade | quick, fast, speedy; rash, hasty, angry; eager |
| 7 | Old English | rād | road; riding, hostile incursion; riding, road |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | raidu | riding, ride |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | raidō | ride, journey; name of the R-rune |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | rīdaną | to ride |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | rēydʰ- | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |
via Esperanto klingo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | klingo | blade |
| 2 | German | klinge | inflection of klingen: ## first-person singular... |
| 3 | Middle High German | klinge | — |
| 4 | Middle High German | klingen | to sound |
| 5 | Old High German | klingan | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | klinganą | to sound; to adhere to, cling to |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | glengʰ- | sound |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gal- | to call, cry; to sound; to roop, scream, shout |