Where does “kumileimasin” come from?
kumileimasin (Finnish) comes from Finnish kumi, from German Gummi, from Latin cummi, from Ancient Greek κόμμι, from Egyptian qmy — anointing oil.
kumileimasin (Finnish): rubber stamp
Ancestry of “kumileimasin”, step by step
kumileimasin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kumi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kumi | rubber; eraser; condom |
| 2 | German | Gummi | rubber, gum; rubber band, elastic band; condom,... |
| 3 | Latin | cummi | Alternative form of cummis |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | κόμμι | gum, obtained from babul |
| 5 | Egyptian | qmy | anointing oil |
via Finnish leimasin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | leimasin | stamp, die embossed device used in stamping |
| 2 | Finnish | -sin | Forms certain nouns, particularly those... |
| 3 | Finnish | -in | Suffix variant for the illative singular, see... |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *-in | — |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -ma | — |