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Where does “rasere” come from?

rasere (Norwegian Bokmål) 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.

rasere (Norwegian Bokmål): to demolish, destroy, raze

Definitions

  1. to demolish, destroy, raze

Ancestry of “rasere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchraserto shave; to brush, lightly touch; to raze
2Old Frenchraserto shave
3Vulgar Latinrasodative masculine singular of rāsus; dative neuter...
4Latinrāsus—
5Latinrādō—
6Proto-Italicrazdō—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanrh₁d-dʰ-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanreh₁d-to scrape, scratch, gnaw

Words derived from “rasere”

  • raser
Every word from Proto-Indo-European reh₁d- →