Where does “raaputusarpa” come from?
raaputusarpa (Finnish) comes from Finnish raaputus, from Finnish raaputtaa, from Finnish raappia, from Finnish -uttaa, from Ingrian -ua, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
raaputusarpa (Finnish): scratch ticket, scratch card
Definitions
- scratch ticket, scratch card
Ancestry of “raaputusarpa”, step by step
raaputusarpa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish raaputus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | raaputus | scratching rubbing with something sharp or pointed |
| 2 | Finnish | raaputtaa | to scratch |
| 3 | Finnish | raappia | — |
| 4 | Finnish | -uttaa | aivastaa + API → aivastuttaa; rakentaa + API →... |
| 5 | Ingrian | -ua | Used to form inchoative verbs |
| 6 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 7 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 8 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |