Where does “kuminauhatwist” come from?

kuminauhatwist (Finnish) comes from Finnish kuminauha, from Finnish kumi, from German Gummi, from Latin cummi, from Ancient Greek κόμμι, from Egyptian qmy — anointing oil.

kuminauhatwist (Finnish): a certain children's game involving a rubber band

Definitions

  1. a certain children's game involving a rubber band

Ancestry of “kuminauhatwist”, step by step

kuminauhatwist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kuminauha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuminauharubber band
2Finnishkumirubber; eraser; condom
3GermanGummirubber, gum; rubber band, elastic band; condom,...
4LatincummiAlternative form of cummis
5Ancient Greekκόμμιgum, obtained from babul
6Egyptianqmyanointing oil

via Finnish twist

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtwisttwist dance
2EnglishTwistA twisting force
3Middle EnglishtwistThe flat part of a hinge (less specifically the entire hinge)
4Old Englishtwist
5Proto-Germanictwistaz
Every word from Egyptian qmy
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