Where does “rapakalja” come from?

rapakalja (Finnish) comes from Finnish rapa, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *rapa, from Proto-Germanic drabaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰrobʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰrebʰ- — to become thick or cloudy, curdle, ferment; to...

rapakalja (Finnish): Synonym of ykkösolut

Definitions

  1. Synonym of ykkösolut

Ancestry of “rapakalja”, step by step

rapakalja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish rapa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrapadirt, mud
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*rapa—
3Proto-Germanicdrabazdregs
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰrobʰ-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰrebʰ-to become thick or cloudy, curdle, ferment; to...

via Finnish kalja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaljabeer; "short for" kotikalja; kvass
2FinnishkalejaPartitive plural form of kali
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰrebʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰrobʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic drabaz →