Where does “raastinterä” come from?

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

raastinterä (Finnish): grating disc for a food processor

Definitions

  1. grating disc for a food processor

Ancestry of “raastinterä”, step by step

raastinterä 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 terä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishteräblade, edge; head; terminal part of the leg, foot
2Proto-Finnicteräblade, edge; ear of corn; grain, corn
3Proto-Finno-Permicteräedge
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →Every word from Finnish -in →Every word from Finnish raastin →