Where does “rapukanta” come from?
rapukanta (Finnish) comes from Finnish rapu, from Swedish krabba, from Old Swedish krabba, from Old Norse krabbi, from Old English crabba, from Proto-West Germanic krabbō, from Proto-Germanic krabbô, from Proto-Germanic krabbōną — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
rapukanta (Finnish): crab stock population available to be captured from the wild for economic use
Definitions
- crab stock population available to be captured from the wild for economic use
Ancestry of “rapukanta”, step by step
rapukanta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish rapu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | rapu | European crayfish, noble crayfish, broad-fingered... |
| 2 | Swedish | krabba | a crab |
| 3 | Old Swedish | krabba | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | krabbi | — |
| 5 | Old English | crabba | crab; crayfish |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | krabbō | crab |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | krabbô | crab |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | krabbōną | to scratch, scrape |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |