Where does “maakrapu” come from?
maakrapu (Finnish) comes from Finnish krapu, from Finnish rapu, from Swedish krabba, from Old Swedish krabba, from Old Norse krabbi, from Old English crabba, from Proto-West Germanic krabbō, from Proto-Germanic krabbô — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
maakrapu (Finnish): landlubber
Definitions
- landlubber
Ancestry of “maakrapu”, step by step
maakrapu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish krapu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | krapu | crayfish; crab |
| 2 | Finnish | rapu | European crayfish, noble crayfish, broad-fingered... |
| 3 | Swedish | krabba | a crab |
| 4 | Old Swedish | krabba | — |
| 5 | Old Norse | krabbi | — |
| 6 | Old English | crabba | crab; crayfish |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | krabbō | crab |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | krabbô | crab |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | krabbōną | to scratch, scrape |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |