Where does “pintaraapaisu” come from?

pintaraapaisu (Finnish) comes from Finnish raapaisu, from Finnish raapaista, from Finnish raapia, from Finnish -ia, from Proto-Finnic -idak, from Proto-Uralic -j-.

pintaraapaisu (Finnish): scratching the surface, scratch, superficial look

Definitions

  1. scratching the surface, scratch, superficial look

Ancestry of “pintaraapaisu”, step by step

pintaraapaisu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish raapaisu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishraapaisuA graze; light scratch
2FinnishraapaistaTo scratch, scrape
3FinnishraapiaTo scratch, scrape
4Finnish-iaForms primarily transitive verbs describing...
5Proto-Finnic-idakapplicative suffix
6Proto-Uralic-j-—

via Finnish pinta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpintasurface
2Proto-Finnicpintasurface; sapwood; fat
3Proto-Germanicspindazfat; lard; grease; smear; marrow
Every word from Proto-Uralic -j- →Every word from Finnish -ia →Every word from Proto-Finnic -idak →