Where does “râde” come from?

râde (Romanian) comes from Latin rādō, from Proto-Italic razdō, from Proto-Indo-European rh₁d-dʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European reh₁d- — to scrape, scratch, gnaw.

râde (Romanian): to laugh

Definitions

  1. to laugh

Ancestry of “râde”, step by step

râde traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin rādō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinrādōto scrape, shave, scratch
2Proto-Italicrazdō
3Proto-Indo-Europeanrh₁d-dʰ-
4Proto-Indo-Europeanreh₁d-to scrape, scratch, gnaw

via Late Latin rīdo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinrīdo
2Latinrīdeōto laugh

Words derived from “râde

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