Where does “ראַזיר־מעסער” come from?
ראַזיר־מעסער (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish ראַזירן, from German rasieren, from French raser, from Old French raser, from Vulgar Latin raso, from Latin rāsus, from Latin rādō, from Proto-Italic razdō — to scrape, scratch, gnaw.
Ancestry of “ראַזיר־מעסער”, step by step
ראַזיר־מעסער traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Yiddish ראַזירן
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | ראַזירן | — |
| 2 | German | rasieren | to shave |
| 3 | French | raser | to shave; to brush, lightly touch; to raze |
| 4 | Old French | raser | to shave |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | raso | dative masculine singular of rāsus; dative neuter... |
| 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 Yiddish מעסער
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | מעסער | knife |
| 2 | Middle High German | messer | — |
| 3 | Old High German | mezzisahs | knife |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | matisahs | food knife |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | mati | food |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | matiz | food |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | mōsą | wet food, mush, porridge; food, victuals |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | meh₂d- | to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,... |