Where does “raapia” come from?

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

raapia (Finnish): To scratch, scrape

Definitions

  1. To scratch, scrape

Ancestry of “raapia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-iaForms primarily transitive verbs describing...
2Proto-Finnic-idakapplicative suffix
3Proto-Uralic-j-—

Words derived from “raapia”

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