Where does “šmirglpapír” come from?
šmirglpapír (Czech) comes from German Schmirgelpapier, from German papier, from Middle High German papier, from Old French papier, from Old Catalan paper, from Latin papȳrus, from French -ine, from French -é.
šmirglpapír (Czech): emery paper
Ancestry of “šmirglpapír”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | Schmirgelpapier | sandpaper |
| 2 | German | papier | — |
| 3 | Middle High German | papier | — |
| 4 | Old French | papier | to murmur |
| 5 | Old Catalan | paper | — |
| 6 | Latin | papȳrus | — |
| 7 | French | -ine | feminine singular of -in; female equivalent of... |
| 8 | French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular -er... |
| 9 | Middle French | -é | — |
| 10 | Old French | -é | used to form past participles of regular -er... |
| 11 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | -ā | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |