Where does “räminä” come from?

räminä (Finnish) comes from French rams, from French ramasser, from French amasser, from Old French amasser — to collect up; to get together.

räminä (Finnish): rattle

Definitions

  1. rattle

Ancestry of “räminä”, step by step

räminä traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via French rams

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchrams—
2Frenchramasserto pick up; to collect, gather; to huddle up, to...
3Frenchamasserto amass; to gather up
4Old Frenchamasserto collect up; to get together

via Italian rame

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianramecopper
2Vulgar Latinaramen—

via Finnish rämistä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrämistäto clatter, rattle; Indicative present...
2Finnish-istaForms frequentative verbs
Every word from Old French amasser →Every word from French amasser →Every word from French ramasser →