Where does “ruoppaus” come from?

ruoppaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish ruopata, from Finnish ruoppa, from Swedish rapa, from Old Swedish rapa.

ruoppaus (Finnish): dredging

Definitions

  1. dredging

Ancestry of “ruoppaus”, step by step

ruoppaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ruopata

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruopatato dredge
2Finnishruoppamud, mire, sediment
3Swedishrapato burp; to belch
4Old Swedishrapa—

via Finnish us

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishus-ing

Words derived from “ruoppaus”

Every word from Old Swedish rapa →Every word from Swedish rapa →Every word from Finnish ruoppa →