Where does “rase-mottes” come from?

rase-mottes (French) comes from French raser, from Old French raser, from Vulgar Latin raso, from Latin rāsus, from Latin rādō, from Proto-Italic razdō, from Proto-Indo-European rh₁d-dʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European reh₁d- — to scrape, scratch, gnaw.

rase-mottes (French): a low flying position, hedge-hopping

Definitions

  1. a low flying position, hedge-hopping

Ancestry of “rase-mottes”, step by step

rase-mottes traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French raser

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchraserto shave; to brush, lightly touch; to raze
2Old Frenchraserto shave
3Vulgar Latinrasodative masculine singular of rāsus; dative neuter...
4Latinrāsusscraped, shaved
5Latinrādōto scrape, shave, scratch
6Proto-Italicrazdō
7Proto-Indo-Europeanrh₁d-dʰ-
8Proto-Indo-Europeanreh₁d-to scrape, scratch, gnaw

via French motte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmottemotte; clod, lump of earth; block
2Old Frenchmotemound, embankment
3Medieval Latinmotaa mound, hill; nominative feminine singular of...
4Frankish*mot
5Proto-Germanic*motta
6Proto-Germanicmutô
7Proto-Indo-European(s)mut-dark, dirty

Words derived from “rase-mottes

Every word from Proto-Indo-European reh₁d-
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