Where does “raastinkieli” come from?

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

raastinkieli (Finnish): radula

Definitions

  1. radula

Ancestry of “raastinkieli”, step by step

raastinkieli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish raastin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishraastingrater
2Finnish-inSuffix variant for the illative singular, see...
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in—
4Proto-Uralic-ma—

via Finnish kieli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkielitongue; language; string
2Proto-Finnickeelitongue; language
3Proto-Uralickäletongue; language
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →Every word from Finnish -in →Every word from Finnish raastin →