Where does “papirarbejde” come from?

papirarbejde (Danish) comes from Danish papir, from Middle Low German papir, from Middle High German papier, from Old French papier, from Old Catalan paper, from Latin papȳrus, from French -ine, from French -é.

papirarbejde (Danish): paperwork

Definitions

  1. paperwork

Ancestry of “papirarbejde”, step by step

papirarbejde traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish papir

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishpapirpaper; stationery; security; proof of ownership
2Middle Low Germanpapir—
3Middle High Germanpapier—
4Old Frenchpapierto murmur
5Old Catalanpaperpaper sheet material typically used for writing on or printing
6Latinpapȳruspapyrus plant
7French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
8French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
9Middle French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n
10Old French-éused to form past participles of regular -er...
11Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
12Proto-Italic-āForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
13Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

via Danish arbejde

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danisharbejdework; work, to do a specific task
2Middle Low Germanarbeidento work
3Old Saxonarvēdianto offer
4Proto-Germanicarbaidijanąto work
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃órbʰosorphan; servant, slave, worker
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃erbʰ-to change allegiance, status, ownership;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from French -ine →Every word from Latin -a →