Where does “räpätin” come from?

räpätin (Finnish) comes from Finnish -in, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

räpätin (Finnish): a device (often a playing card) installed on the wheel of a bicycle to produce a rattling sound

Definitions

  1. a device (often a playing card) installed on the wheel of a bicycle to produce a rattling sound

Ancestry of “räpätin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-inSuffix variant for the illative singular, see...
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in—
3Proto-Uralic-ma—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →Every word from Finnish -in →Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in →
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