Where does “ruissipsi” come from?
ruissipsi (Finnish) comes from Finnish sipsi, from English chips, from English chip, from Middle English chip, from Old English ċipp, from Old English ċippian, from Proto-Germanic kipp-, from Proto-Indo-European ǵey- — to split; divide; germinate; sprout; to split;...
ruissipsi (Finnish): rye chip US, rye crisp UK
Definitions
- rye chip US, rye crisp UK
Ancestry of “ruissipsi”, step by step
ruissipsi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish sipsi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sipsi | chip US, crisp UK thin, crisp, baked piece of vegetable, especially potato |
| 2 | English | chips | Third-person singular simple present indicative... |
| 3 | English | chip | A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid... |
| 4 | Middle English | chip | fragment, worthless thing; chip, shard, fragment |
| 5 | Old English | ċipp | chip; small piece of wood; chip, splinter,... |
| 6 | Old English | ċippian | to cut; hew |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | kipp- | to chop; split; to cut; carve; hack; chop |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵey- | to split; divide; germinate; sprout; to split;... |