Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗verb
To scratch or score. · To tear, rip, rend. · To slit.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA scratch, a score or a groove.
From Middle English ritten (“to cut, score, slit, tear”), from Old English *rittan (“to cut, score, slit, tear,”) (compare Old High German rizzen), from Proto-West Germanic *rittjan, from Proto-Germanic *ritjaną (“to cut, scratch”), from Proto-Indo-European *wrid-néh₂-; see *hrītaną. Cognate with Middle Low German ritten (“to scratch”), German ritzen (“to scratch”). Compare with Proto-Slavic *rězati (“to cut, carve, engrave”)). See also rat.
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionrittenenm · to cut, score, slit, tear
- Inherited-form mention*rittanang · to cut, score, slit, tear,
- Cognate mentionrizzengoh
- Inherited-form mention*rittjangmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*ritjanągem-pro · to cut, scratch
- Derivation mention*wrid-néh₂-ine-pro
- Cognate mentionrittengml · to scratch
- Cognate mentionritzende · to scratch
- Cognate mention*rězatisla-pro
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