Where does “kaapidak” come from?

kaapidak (Proto-Finnic) comes from Proto-Germanic skabaną, from Proto-Indo-European skÀbʰ- — to scratch, scrape.

Ancestry of “kaapidak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicskabanąto shave, to scrape
2Proto-Indo-EuropeanskÀbʰ-to scratch, scrape
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skÀbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skabaną →
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