Where does “ravustuskausi” come from?
ravustuskausi (Finnish) comes from Finnish ravustus, from Finnish ravustaa, from Finnish rapu, from Swedish krabba, from Old Swedish krabba, from Old Norse krabbi, from Old English crabba, from Proto-West Germanic krabbō — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
ravustuskausi (Finnish): crayfish season
Ancestry of “ravustuskausi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | ravustus | Fishing for crabs; crabbing |
| 2 | Finnish | ravustaa | To catch crayfish; To crab |
| 3 | Finnish | rapu | European crayfish, noble crayfish, broad-fingered... |
| 4 | Swedish | krabba | a crab |
| 5 | Old Swedish | krabba | — |
| 6 | Old Norse | krabbi | — |
| 7 | Old English | crabba | crab; crayfish |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | krabbō | crab |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | krabbô | crab |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | krabbōną | to scratch, scrape |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |