Where does “ripsiraja” come from?
ripsiraja (Finnish) comes from Finnish ripsi, from Swedish rips, from German Rips, from French reps, from English ribs, from English rib, from Middle English rib, from Old English ribb — to cover, to roof; rib.
ripsiraja (Finnish): the region where the roots of the eyelashes are located
Definitions
- the region where the roots of the eyelashes are located
Ancestry of “ripsiraja”, step by step
ripsiraja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish ripsi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ripsi | lash; eyelash; cilium |
| 2 | Swedish | rips | — |
| 3 | German | Rips | — |
| 4 | French | reps | rep |
| 5 | English | ribs | plural of rib; Third-person singular simple... |
| 6 | English | rib | Any of a series of long curved bones occurring in... |
| 7 | Middle English | rib | — |
| 8 | Old English | ribb | rib |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | ribb | — |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | ribją | rib; reef, ridge |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁rebʰ- | to cover, to roof; rib |
via Finnish raja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | raja | border, boundary, limit, line line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions |
| 2 | Old East Slavic | краи | edge; land, country |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | krajь | edge, end |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | krojiti | to cut |
| 5 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | krájīˀtei | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kroyh₁-eye-ti | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kroyh₁- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kroh₁y- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kreh₁y- | to sift, to separate |