Where does “ruoppauskalusto” come from?

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

ruoppauskalusto (Finnish): dredging equipment

Definitions

  1. dredging equipment

Ancestry of “ruoppauskalusto”, step by step

ruoppauskalusto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ruoppaus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruoppausdredging
2Finnishruopatato dredge
3Finnishruoppamud, mire, sediment
4Swedishrapato burp; to belch
5Old Swedishrapa—

via Finnish kalusto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkalustoarsenal; equipment
2Finnishkaluphysical thing, object, tool; penis
Every word from Old Swedish rapa →Every word from Swedish rapa →Every word from Finnish ruoppa →
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