Where does “rasia” come from?
rasia (Finnish) comes from Proto-Finnic racja, from Latin ratiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
rasia (Finnish): box, case, container, casket
Definitions
- box, case, container, casket
Ancestry of “rasia”, step by step
rasia traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Proto-Finnic racja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Finnic | racja | — |
| 2 | Latin | ratiō | reason, reasoning, explanation, ground, motive, rationality, rationale, purpose |
| 3 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 4 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 5 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 6 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 8 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 9 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via English Russia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Russia | It borders the Pacific and Arctic Oceans and the Baltic, Black, and Caspian Seas. Part of the Soviet Union from 1917 through 1991 |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | Russi | Russians |
| 3 | Old East Slavic | Русь | Rus; Ruthenia |
| 4 | Finnish | ruotsi | Swedish |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | *roocci | Swede originally anyone from Roslagen |
| 6 | Old Swedish | roþs- | related to rowing |
| 7 | Old Norse | róðr | rowing |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | rōþrą | oar; rudder |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁reh₁- | to row; to separate; loose, sparse, rare |