Where does “sandpapir” come from?

sandpapir (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.

sandpapir (Danish): sandpaper

Definitions

  1. sandpaper

Ancestry of “sandpapir”, step by step

sandpapir 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...
8Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
9Middle Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n
10Old Frenchused to form past participles of regular -er...
11Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
12Proto-ItalicForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
13Proto-Indo-European-éh₂

via Danish sand

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishsandtrue; sand
2Old Norsesannrtrue
3Proto-Germanicsanþaztrue, real
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁sóntsactive participle of *h₁ésti; being, existence;...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ēs-to be
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂Every word from French -ineEvery word from Latin -a