Where does “kaapia” come from?

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

kaapia (Finnish): To scrape

Definitions

  1. To scrape

Ancestry of “kaapia”, step by step

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

Words derived from “kaapia”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European skÀbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skabaną →
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