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Where does “rādō” come from?

rādō (Latin) comes from Proto-Italic razdō, from Proto-Indo-European rh₁d-dʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European reh₁d- — to scrape, scratch, gnaw.

Ancestry of “rādō”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italicrazdō—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanrh₁d-dʰ-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanreh₁d-to scrape, scratch, gnaw
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