Where does “paisuntakumi” come from?

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

paisuntakumi (Finnish): deicing boot inflatable rubber membrane attached to aircraft surfaces to permit mechanical deicing in flight

Definitions

  1. deicing boot inflatable rubber membrane attached to aircraft surfaces to permit mechanical deicing in flight

Ancestry of “paisuntakumi”, step by step

paisuntakumi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kumi

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

via Finnish paisunta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpaisuntaswelling, inflation, expansion
2Finnish-ntäFront vowel variant of -nta; API
3Proto-Finnic-ntaForms action nouns from verbs
Every word from Egyptian qmy →