Where does “kaape” come from?

kaape (Finnish) comes from Finnish kaapia, from Proto-Germanic skabaną, from Proto-Indo-European skÀbʰ- — to scratch, scrape.

kaape (Finnish): scraping what has been removed when something has been scraped

Definitions

  1. scraping what has been removed when something has been scraped

Ancestry of “kaape”, step by step

kaape traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kaapia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkaapiaTo scrape
2Proto-Germanicskabanąto shave, to scrape
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanskÀbʰ-to scratch, scrape

via Finnish e

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnisheE note
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skÀbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skabaną →Every word from Finnish kaapia →