Where does “Rasierklinge” come from?
Rasierklinge (German) comes from German rasieren, 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- — to scrape, scratch, gnaw.
Rasierklinge (German): razor blade
Definitions
- razor blade
Ancestry of “Rasierklinge”, step by step
Rasierklinge traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German rasieren
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | rasieren | to shave |
| 2 | French | raser | to shave; to brush, lightly touch; to raze |
| 3 | Old French | raser | to shave |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | raso | dative masculine singular of rāsus; dative neuter... |
| 5 | Latin | rāsus | scraped, shaved |
| 6 | Latin | rādō | to scrape, shave, scratch |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | razdō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | rh₁d-dʰ- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | reh₁d- | to scrape, scratch, gnaw |
via German klinge
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | klinge | inflection of klingen: ## first-person singular... |
| 2 | Middle High German | klinge | — |
| 3 | Middle High German | klingen | to sound |
| 4 | Old High German | klingan | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | klinganą | to sound; to adhere to, cling to |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | glengʰ- | sound |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gal- | to call, cry; to sound; to roop, scream, shout |