Where does “éraflage” come from?
éraflage (French) comes from French érafler, from French rafle, from French rafler, from Frankish raffolōn, from Proto-Germanic hrapōną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kreb(h)-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.
éraflage (French): destemming
Ancestry of “éraflage”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | érafler | to scratch, graze |
| 2 | French | rafle | first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 3 | French | rafler | to swipe, nick, run off with; to scoop |
| 4 | Frankish | raffolōn | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hrapōną | to scratch, scrape; to graze, make contact ,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kreb(h)- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ḱer- | dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth |