Where does “pap” come from?

pap (Danish) comes from German Pappe, from Middle High German pappe, from Latin pappa, from Latin pappo — I eat, eat pap.

pap (Danish): cardboard

Definitions

  1. cardboard

Ancestry of “pap”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanPappepaperboard, cardboard; a piece of paper laced...
2Middle High Germanpappepap, mash; pap, flour mash; porridge, mush
3Latinpappasecond-person singular present active imperative...
4LatinpappoI eat, eat pap

Words derived from “pap”

Every word from Latin pappo →Every word from Latin pappa →Every word from Middle High German pappe →