Where does “kipsiveistos” come from?

kipsiveistos (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.

kipsiveistos (Finnish): plaster sculpture

Definitions

  1. plaster sculpture

Ancestry of “kipsiveistos”, step by step

kipsiveistos 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 veistos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishveistosA sculpture
2Finnishveistääto carve, cut, whittle; to sculpture, sculpt, hew
3Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-
Every word from Ancient Greek γύψοςEvery word from Latin gypsumEvery word from Old High German gips
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