Where does “raape” come from?

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

raape (Finnish): The material loosened by scratching

Definitions

  1. The material loosened by scratching

Ancestry of “raape”, step by step

raape traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish raapia

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

via Finnish e

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnisheE note

Words derived from “raape”

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