Where does “rijstpapier” come from?

rijstpapier (Dutch) comes from Dutch papier, from Middle Dutch papier, from Old French papier, from Old Catalan paper, from Latin papȳrus, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é.

rijstpapier (Dutch): rice paper

Definitions

  1. rice paper

Ancestry of “rijstpapier”, step by step

rijstpapier traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch papier

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchpapierpaper; A piece of paper; money
2Middle Dutchpapier
3Old Frenchpapierto murmur
4Old Catalanpaperpaper sheet material typically used for writing on or printing
5Latinpapȳruspapyrus plant
6French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
7Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
8Middle Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n
9Old Frenchused to form past participles of regular -er...
10Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
11Proto-ItalicForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
12Proto-Indo-European-éh₂

via Dutch rijst

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchrijstrice
2Middle Dutchrijs
3Old Frenchrisreef
4Italianrisolaughter, laugh; rice; past participle of ridere
5Latinrīsuslaughed at, ridiculed, mocked, having been ridiculed
6Ancient Greekὄρυζαrice
7Proto-Iranian*wrinǰiš
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂Every word from French -ineEvery word from Latin -a