Where does “Rasierstift” come from?

Rasierstift (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.

Rasierstift (German): styptic pencil

Definitions

  1. styptic pencil

Ancestry of “Rasierstift”, step by step

Rasierstift 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 Stift

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanStiftpen; pin; pencil
2Germanstiftento endow, to donate
3Old High Germanstiften
4Proto-Germanicstiklaz
5Proto-Germanicstikiza sticking, prick
6Proto-Indo-European(s)teyg-to be sharp; to sting
Every word from Proto-Indo-European reh₁d-