Where does “raapaisu” come from?

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

raapaisu (Finnish): A graze; light scratch

Definitions

  1. A graze; light scratch

Ancestry of “raapaisu”, step by step

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

Words derived from “raapaisu”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -j- →Every word from Finnish -ia →Every word from Proto-Finnic -idak →