Where does “rasiermesserscharf” come from?
rasiermesserscharf (German) comes from German Rasiermesser, from German rasieren, from French raser, from Old French raser, from Vulgar Latin raso, from Latin rāsus, from Latin rādō, from Proto-Italic razdō — to scrape, scratch, gnaw.
rasiermesserscharf (German): razor-sharp
Ancestry of “rasiermesserscharf”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | Rasiermesser | razor |
| 2 | German | rasieren | to shave |
| 3 | French | raser | to shave; to brush, lightly touch; to raze |
| 4 | Old French | raser | to shave |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | raso | dative masculine singular of rāsus; dative neuter... |
| 6 | Latin | rāsus | — |
| 7 | Latin | rādō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | razdō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | rh₁d-dʰ- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | reh₁d- | to scrape, scratch, gnaw |