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Where does “flypapered” come from?

flypapered (English) comes from English flypaper, from English fly, from Middle English flien, from Old English flēogan, from Old English -ende, from Proto-West Germanic *-andī, from Proto-Germanic -andz, from Proto-Indo-European -ónts — sound, voice.

flypapered (English): simple past tense and past participle of...

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Ancestry of “flypapered”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishflypaperA strip of paper coated with a sticky, often...
2EnglishflyAny insect of the order Diptera; characterized by...
3Middle EnglishflienTo fly; to travel in the air; To move in the sky;...
4Old Englishflēoganto fly
5Old English-endeequivalent of English -ing; suffix for present...
6Proto-West Germanic*-andī—
7Proto-Germanic-andz—
8Proto-Indo-European-óntsDerives nouns denoting body parts
9Hungarianöntto pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön
10Hungarianönyou
11Hungarianön-self-
12Turkishönfront
13Ottoman Turkishاوك—
14Proto-Turkicǖnsound, voice
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