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Where does “rallar” come from?

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

rallar (Spanish): to grate

Definitions

  1. to grate

Ancestry of “rallar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinrallumscraper
2Latinrādō—
3Proto-Italicrazdō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanrh₁d-dʰ-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanreh₁d-to scrape, scratch, gnaw
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