Where does “koruripsimonni” come from?

koruripsimonni (Finnish) comes from Finnish ripsimonni, 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.

koruripsimonni (Finnish): clown catfish, clown synodontis, clown syno, clown squeaker, barredtail squeaker, Synodontis decorus species of upside-down catfish native to Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo

Definitions

  1. clown catfish, clown synodontis, clown syno, clown squeaker, barredtail squeaker, Synodontis decorus species of upside-down catfish native to Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo

Ancestry of “koruripsimonni”, step by step

koruripsimonni traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ripsimonni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishripsimonnimochokid, upside-down catfish catfish of the family Mochokidae
2Finnishripsilash; eyelash; cilium
3Swedishrips
4GermanRips
5Frenchrepsrep
6Englishribsplural of rib; Third-person singular simple...
7EnglishribAny of a series of long curved bones occurring in...
8Middle Englishrib
9Old Englishribbrib
10Proto-West Germanicribb
11Proto-Germanicribjąrib; reef, ridge
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rebʰ-to cover, to roof; rib

via Finnish koru

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkoruA piece of jewellery; A jewel
2Finnishkoreabeautiful, decorated; Korean; chorea
3Ancient Greekχορείαdance, especially choral dance with music; any...
4Ancient Greek-είᾱSuperficially appears in abstract nouns derived from σ-stem adjectives, with the true suffix being
5Ancient Greek-ήςadjective suffix
6Proto-Indo-European-ēsPrimarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds
7Proto-Indo-European-ess
8Proto-Indo-European-osCreates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁rebʰ-