Where does “râsoaică” come from?

râsoaică (Romanian) comes from Romanian râs, 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.

râsoaică (Romanian): female lynx

Definitions

  1. female lynx

Ancestry of “râsoaică”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianrâslaughter, laugh; past participle of râde; lynx
2Latinrāsusscraped, shaved
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 →