Where does “raclă” come from?
raclă (Romanian) comes from French racler, from Occitan rasclar, from Vulgar Latin rasclare, from Latin rāsculāre, from Latin rāsculum, from Latin rāsus, from Latin rādō, from Proto-Italic razdō — to scrape, scratch, gnaw.
raclă (Romanian): coffin
Definitions
- coffin
Ancestry of “raclă”, step by step
raclă traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French racler
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | racler | to scrape (off), to scratch |
| 2 | Occitan | rasclar | — |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | rasclare | — |
| 4 | Latin | rāsculāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | rāsculum | — |
| 6 | Latin | rāsus | scraped, shaved |
| 7 | Latin | rādō | to scrape, shave, scratch |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | razdō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | rh₁d-dʰ- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | reh₁d- | to scrape, scratch, gnaw |
via Bulgarian ракла
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bulgarian | ракла | — |