Where does “kippiovi” come from?

kippiovi (Finnish) comes from Finnish kippi, from English kip, from Middle English kipp, from Middle Dutch kip, from Middle Low German kip.

kippiovi (Finnish): overhead door, swing door

Definitions

  1. overhead door, swing door

Ancestry of “kippiovi”, step by step

kippiovi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kippi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkippitipping (over)
2EnglishkipThe untanned hide of a young or small beast, such...
3Middle Englishkipp—
4Middle Dutchkip—
5Middle Low Germankip—

via Finnish ovi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishovidoor
2Proto-Finnicovi—
3Proto-Uralicowedoor
Every word from Middle Low German kip →Every word from Middle Dutch kip →Every word from Middle English kipp →