Where does “kaavinta” come from?

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

kaavinta (Finnish): scraping; curettage; Partitive singular form of...

Definitions

  1. scraping; curettage; Partitive singular form of...

Ancestry of “kaavinta”, step by step

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

Words derived from “kaavinta

Every word from Proto-Indo-European skÀbʰ-Every word from Proto-Germanic skabanąEvery word from Finnish kaapia
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