Where does “kreppirauta” come from?

kreppirauta (Finnish) comes from Finnish kreppi, from French crêpe, from Old French crespe, from Latin Crispus, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.

kreppirauta (Finnish): crimping iron

Definitions

  1. crimping iron

Ancestry of “kreppirauta”, step by step

kreppirauta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kreppi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkreppicrêpe
2Frenchcrêpecrepe; black veil; pancake, crêpe
3Old Frenchcrespe—
4LatinCrispuscurly; hair
5Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth

via Finnish rauta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrautairon; shackles, irons; act of getting or state of...
2Proto-Finnicrautairon
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- →Every word from Latin Crispus →Every word from Old French crespe →