Where does “kumipatja” come from?
kumipatja (Finnish) comes from Finnish kumi, from German Gummi, from Latin cummi, from Ancient Greek κόμμι, from Egyptian qmy — anointing oil.
kumipatja (Finnish): rubber mattress
Ancestry of “kumipatja”, step by step
kumipatja 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 patja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | patja | mattress; stratum, layer of soil, air, water;... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | patja | pillow, cushion; mattress |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | badją | bed; bedding |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰēdʰ- | to bend, fold |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰedʰ- | to bend, to press; to stab, dig; to dig |