Where does “rassaaja” come from?

rassaaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish rassata, from Finnish rassi, from German krass, from Latin crassus, from Old Latin cartsus, from Proto-Italic kartsus, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥t-sú-s, from Proto-Indo-European kert- — to travel, tour.

rassaaja (Finnish): one that cleans pipes with a pipe cleaner

Definitions

  1. one that cleans pipes with a pipe cleaner

Ancestry of “rassaaja”, step by step

rassaaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish rassata

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrassatato clean with a pipe cleaner
2Finnishrassipipe cleaner
3Germankrassstark; extreme; amazing; incredible; awesome;...
4Latincrassusdense, thick, solid; fat, gross, plump;...
5Old Latincartsus
6Proto-Italickartsus
7Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥t-sú-s
8Proto-Indo-Europeankert-times; to weave, twist together; time
9Proto-Turkic*keŕ-to travel, tour

via Finnish

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishice
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*ja
3Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
4Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
5Proto-Germanic-hwe
6Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
Every word from Proto-Turkic *keŕ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European kert-Every word from Proto-Indo-European kr̥t-sú-s