Where does “râs” come from?

râs (Romanian) comes 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.

râs (Romanian): laughter, laugh; past participle of râde; lynx

Definitions

  1. laughter, laugh; past participle of râde; lynx

Ancestry of “râs”, step by step

râs traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin rāsus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinrāsusscraped, shaved
2Latinrādōto scrape, shave, scratch
3Proto-Italicrazdō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanrh₁d-dʰ-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanreh₁d-to scrape, scratch, gnaw

via Latin rīsus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinrīsuslaughed at, ridiculed, mocked, having been ridiculed
2Ancient Greekὄρυζαrice
3Proto-Iranian*wrinǰiš—

Words derived from “râs”

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