Where does “rapiiri” come from?
rapiiri (Finnish) comes from French rapière, from Middle French rapiere, from Old French rapiere, from Spanish raspadera, from Spanish raspar, from Latin raspāre, from Frankish hraspōn, from Proto-Germanic hraspōną — to cut, cut off, sever.
rapiiri (Finnish): rapier slender, straight, sharply pointed sword
Definitions
- rapier slender, straight, sharply pointed sword
Ancestry of “rapiiri”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | rapière | rapier |
| 2 | Middle French | rapiere | — |
| 3 | Old French | rapiere | — |
| 4 | Spanish | raspadera | poker; raker; scraper |
| 5 | Spanish | raspar | to file down or sand down; to scrape; to scratch,... |
| 6 | Latin | raspāre | scrape, scratch |
| 7 | Frankish | hraspōn | to rasp, to grate, to scratch |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | hraspōną | to rasp, grate, scrape; to steal |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | hrespaną | to tear; rip; to plunder |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)krebʰ- | to turn; bend; shrink |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ker- | to cut off; to turn, bend |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |