Where does “raser” come from?

raser (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål rasere, 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.

raser (Norwegian Bokmål): indefinite plural of rase; imperative of rasere;...

Definitions

  1. indefinite plural of rase; imperative of rasere;...

Ancestry of “raser”, step by step

raser traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål rasere

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålrasereto demolish, destroy, raze
2Frenchraserto shave; to brush, lightly touch; to raze
3Old Frenchraserto shave
4Vulgar Latinrasodative masculine singular of rāsus; dative neuter...
5Latinrāsusscraped, shaved
6Latinrādōto scrape, shave, scratch
7Proto-Italicrazdō
8Proto-Indo-Europeanrh₁d-dʰ-
9Proto-Indo-Europeanreh₁d-to scrape, scratch, gnaw

via Norwegian Bokmål rase

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålrasea race; a breed; to be furious, fume, rage, rave
2Middle Frenchracerace; breed
3Italianrazzarace, breed; kind, type; family, descent
4Italianrazzoskyrocket; Ellipsis of razzo di segnalazione;...
5Italianraggioray, beam, shaft; spoke; radius
6Latinradiusray; staff, rod; spoke
7English-ánOf or pertaining to;. Often added to words of Latin origin, but also used with words of other origins. When a word ends in a
8Middle English-an
Every word from Proto-Indo-European reh₁d-Every word from Proto-Indo-European rh₁d-dʰ-Every word from Proto-Italic razdō