Where does “kaapima” come from?

kaapima (Estonian) comes from Proto-Germanic skabaną, from Proto-Indo-European skÀbʰ- — to scratch, scrape.

kaapima (Estonian): to scrape

Definitions

  1. to scrape

Ancestry of “kaapima”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicskabanąto shave, to scrape
2Proto-Indo-EuropeanskÀbʰ-to scratch, scrape
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skÀbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skabaną →