Where does “kahuripsiäinen” come from?
kahuripsiäinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish ripsiäinen, from Finnish ripsi, from Swedish rips, from German Rips, from French reps, from English ribs, from English rib, from Middle English rib — to cover, to roof; rib.
kahuripsiäinen (Finnish): grass thrips, aculeated rice thrips, Haplothrips aculeatus agricultural pest causing damage by feeding on the leaves and inflorescences of various species of Poaceae (true grasses), Cyperaceae (sedges) and Juncaceae (rushes)
Definitions
- grass thrips, aculeated rice thrips, Haplothrips aculeatus agricultural pest causing damage by feeding on the leaves and inflorescences of various species of Poaceae (true grasses), Cyperaceae (sedges) and Juncaceae (rushes)
Ancestry of “kahuripsiäinen”, step by step
kahuripsiäinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish ripsiäinen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ripsiäinen | thrips any of the insects in the order |
| 2 | Finnish | ripsi | lash; eyelash; cilium |
| 3 | Swedish | rips | — |
| 4 | German | Rips | — |
| 5 | French | reps | rep |
| 6 | English | ribs | plural of rib; Third-person singular simple... |
| 7 | English | rib | Any of a series of long curved bones occurring in... |
| 8 | Middle English | rib | — |
| 9 | Old English | ribb | rib |
| 10 | Proto-West Germanic | ribb | — |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | ribją | rib; reef, ridge |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁rebʰ- | to cover, to roof; rib |