Where does “Rasiermesser” come from?

Rasiermesser (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.

Rasiermesser (German): razor

Definitions

  1. razor

Ancestry of “Rasiermesser”, step by step

Rasiermesser traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German rasieren

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanrasierento shave
2Frenchraserto shave; to brush, lightly touch; to raze
3Old Frenchraserto shave
4Vulgar Latinrasodative masculine singular of rāsus; dative neuter...
5Latinrāsusscraped, shaved
6Latinrādōto scrape, shave, scratch
7Proto-Italicrazdō
8Proto-Indo-Europeanrh₁d-dʰ-
9Proto-Indo-Europeanreh₁d-to scrape, scratch, gnaw

via German messer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanmesserknife
2Germanmessento measure; to compete; to measure; to be a given...
3Middle High Germanmëȥȥen
4Old High Germanmëȥȥen
5Proto-Germanic*metan
6Proto-Germanicmetanąto measure
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmēd-to measure
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmed-to measure; to give advice; healing

Words derived from “Rasiermesser

Every word from Proto-Indo-European reh₁d-Every word from Proto-Indo-European rh₁d-dʰ-Every word from Proto-Italic razdō
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