Where does “kipsiside” come from?

kipsiside (Finnish) comes from Finnish kipsi, from Swedish gips, from German Gips, from Middle High German gips, from Old High German gips, from Latin gypsum, from Ancient Greek γύψος — chalk; cement.

kipsiside (Finnish): casting tape, plaster bandage bandage material for making plaster casts

Definitions

  1. casting tape, plaster bandage bandage material for making plaster casts

Ancestry of “kipsiside”, step by step

kipsiside traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kipsi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkipsigypsum; plaster of Paris; plaster cast
2Swedishgipsgypsum
3GermanGipsgypsum; Short for Gipsverband
4Middle High Germangips—
5Old High Germangips—
6Latingypsumgypsum; a plaster figure
7Ancient Greekγύψοςchalk; cement

via Finnish side

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsidebandage; bond; sanitary towel
2Proto-Finnicsidekbandage
3Proto-Finnic-ekForms instrument nouns from verbs; Forms result...
4Proto-Uralic-ekForms instrument nouns from verbs; Forms result...
Every word from Ancient Greek γύψος →Every word from Latin gypsum →Every word from Old High German gips →