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
Ancestry of “razoklingo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Esperanto | razi | to shave |
| 2 | English | Rati | — |
| 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 |