Where does “tupakkaripsiäinen” come from?

tupakkaripsiäinen (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.

tupakkaripsiäinen (Finnish): onion thrips, potato thrips, tobacco thrips, cotton seedling thrips, Thrips tabaci

Definitions

  1. onion thrips, potato thrips, tobacco thrips, cotton seedling thrips, Thrips tabaci

Ancestry of “tupakkaripsiäinen”, step by step

tupakkaripsiäinen 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 tupakka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtupakkatobacco; A cigarette
2Swedishtobaktobacco
3Spanishtabacotobacco
4Ottoman Turkishطباقdish, plate, any vessel for holding food, especially a round and shallow one, with a knobbed cover
5Arabicطَبَقplate
6Middle Persiantʾp̄k'frying pan
7Proto-Iraniantāpaka-heater {{non-gloss definition|or}} baking place...
8Proto-Iraniantap-to warm up, heat; flat
9Proto-Indo-Europeantep-to be warm, be hot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁rebʰ-