Where does “ralo” come from?

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

ralo (Portuguese): drain; sparse; mole cricket

Definitions

  1. drain; sparse; mole cricket

Ancestry of “ralo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portugueseralo—
2Latinrallumscraper
3Latinrādōto scrape, shave, scratch
4Proto-Italicrazdō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanrh₁d-dʰ-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanreh₁d-to scrape, scratch, gnaw

Words derived from “ralo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European reh₁d- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European rh₁d-dʰ- →Every word from Proto-Italic razdō →