Where does “rasva-apina” come from?

rasva-apina (Finnish) comes from Finnish rasva, from Proto-Finnic rasva — fat.

rasva-apina (Finnish): A grease monkey

Definitions

  1. A grease monkey

Ancestry of “rasva-apina”, step by step

rasva-apina traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish rasva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrasvafat; grease; ointment
2Proto-Finnicrasvafat

via Finnish apina

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishapinamonkey; ape
2Old Swedishapina—
Every word from Proto-Finnic rasva →Every word from Finnish rasva →