Where does “Rasierwasser” come from?
Rasierwasser (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.
Rasierwasser (German): liquid aftershave
Definitions
- liquid aftershave
Ancestry of “Rasierwasser”, step by step
Rasierwasser 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 wasser
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | wasser | inflection of wassern: ## first-person singular... |
| 2 | Middle High German | wazzer | water |
| 3 | Old High German | waȥȥar | water |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | watar | water |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | watōr | water |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wódr̥ | water |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wed- | water |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wey- | to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;... |