Where does “kratsima” come from?

kratsima (Estonian) comes from Estonian ma, from Estonian mina, from Proto-Finnic minä, from Uralic *minä.

kratsima (Estonian): to scrape, scratch

Definitions

  1. to scrape, scratch

Ancestry of “kratsima”, step by step

kratsima traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian ma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EstonianmaI; short form of mina
2EstonianminaI
3Proto-FinnicminäI, me
4Uralic*minä—

via Estonian nds:kratzen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estoniannds:kratzen—
Every word from Uralic *minä →Every word from Proto-Finnic minä →Every word from Estonian mina →