Where does “skrapi” come from?
skrapi (Finnish) comes from English scrapie, from English -ie, from English -y, from Middle English -y, from Old English -iġ, from Proto-West Germanic -g, from Proto-Germanic -gaz, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.
skrapi (Finnish): scrapie degenerative prion disease of sheep and goats that attacks the central nervous system
Definitions
- scrapie degenerative prion disease of sheep and goats that attacks the central nervous system
Ancestry of “skrapi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | scrapie | A degenerative prion disease of sheep and goats... |
| 2 | English | -ie | Forming diminutive or affectionate forms of nouns... |
| 3 | English | -y | Added to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives... |
| 4 | Middle English | -y | Designates an adjective, in many cases formed by... |
| 5 | Old English | -iġ | -y, -ic |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -g | Forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |