Where does “kava” come from?

kava (Finnish) comes from Swedish skava, from Old Swedish skava, from Old Norse skava, from Proto-Germanic skabaną, from Proto-Indo-European skÀbʰ- — to scratch, scrape.

kava (Finnish): A spokeshave

Definitions

  1. A spokeshave

Ancestry of “kava”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishskavato rub, to scrape
2Old Swedishskavato scrape
3Old Norseskava—
4Proto-Germanicskabanąto shave, to scrape
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanskÀbʰ-to scratch, scrape

Words derived from “kava”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European skÀbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skabaną →Every word from Old Norse skava →
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