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Where does “rigato” come from?

rigato (Italian) comes from Italian rigare, from Italian riga, from Old High German riga, from Proto-Germanic rīgǭ, from Proto-Indo-European h₁reyk- — to scratch, cut.

rigato (Italian): striped; ruled , lined; scratched

Definitions

  1. striped; ruled , lined; scratched

Ancestry of “rigato”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianrigareto rule; to score; to furrow with a flow,...
2Italianrigaline; stripe; parting
3Old High Germanrigaline
4Proto-Germanicrīgǭ—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁reyk-to scratch, cut
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁reyk- →