raivata

Finnish

verb
Definitions
  • to clear, bulldoze
  • (military) to demine; often used with an object such as miinakenttä (minefield), miina (mines) to remove mines

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Germanic *strawjaną (strew) root from Proto-Indo-European *strew- (strew, spread, spread out, scatter, spread around).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*strew-

Gloss

strew, spread, spread out, scatter, spread around

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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