Where does “raavinta” come from?

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

raavinta (Finnish): scratching

Definitions

  1. scratching

Ancestry of “raavinta”, 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 →
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