Where does “aaveraaja” come from?
aaveraaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish raaja, from Proto-Finnic rakja — limb.
aaveraaja (Finnish): phantom limb
Ancestry of “aaveraaja”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | raaja | limb |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | rakja | limb |