Where does “Rasierpinsel” come from?
Rasierpinsel (German) comes from German pinsel, from Middle High German bensel, from Old French pincel, from Latin pēnicellus, from Latin pēnicillum, from Latin -illus, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
Rasierpinsel (German): shaving brush
Definitions
- shaving brush
Ancestry of “Rasierpinsel”, step by step
Rasierpinsel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German pinsel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | pinsel | paintbrush |
| 2 | Middle High German | bensel | — |
| 3 | Old French | pincel | paintbrush |
| 4 | Latin | pēnicellus | — |
| 5 | Latin | pēnicillum | A painter's brush |
| 6 | Latin | -illus | Used to form adjectives from nouns |
| 7 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
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 |