Where does “päärynäripsiäinen” come from?

päärynäripsiäinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish ripsiäinen, 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.

päärynäripsiäinen (Finnish): pear thrips, fruit tree thrips, Taeniothrips inconsequens

Definitions

  1. pear thrips, fruit tree thrips, Taeniothrips inconsequens

Ancestry of “päärynäripsiäinen”, step by step

päärynäripsiäinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ripsiäinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishripsiäinenthrips any of the insects in the order
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 päärynä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpäärynäpear
2Swedishpäronpear; parent; the barrel of a clarinet
3Old Norseperapear tree
4Old Englishperepear
5Latinpiruma pear
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁rebʰ-