Where does “rasieren” come from?
rasieren (German) comes 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-, from Proto-Indo-European reh₁d- — to scrape, scratch, gnaw.
rasieren (German): to shave
Ancestry of “rasieren”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | raser | to shave; to brush, lightly touch; to raze |
| 2 | Old French | raser | to shave |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | raso | dative masculine singular of rāsus; dative neuter... |
| 4 | Latin | rāsus | — |
| 5 | Latin | rādō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | razdō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | rh₁d-dʰ- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | reh₁d- | to scrape, scratch, gnaw |
Words derived from “rasieren”