Where does “raavin” come from?

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

raavin (Finnish): scraper an instrument with which anything is scraped

Definitions

  1. scraper an instrument with which anything is scraped

Ancestry of “raavin”, step by step

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