Where does “rentear” come from?

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

rentear (Portuguese): to shear (remove hair from sheep)

Definitions

  1. to shear (remove hair from sheep)

Ancestry of “rentear”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueserenteclose
2Latinradensscraping, shaving, scratching; rubbing, smoothing
3Latinrādōto scrape, shave, scratch
4Proto-Italicrazdō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanrh₁d-dʰ-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanreh₁d-to scrape, scratch, gnaw
Every word from Proto-Indo-European reh₁d- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European rh₁d-dʰ- →Every word from Proto-Italic razdō →