Where does “granpy” come from?
granpy (English) comes from Sranan Tongo granpa, from English grandpa, from English PA, from English papa, from Portuguese papá, from French papa, from Middle French papa, from Old French papa — to scrape, shave, sharpen.
Ancestry of “granpy”, step by step
granpy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Sranan Tongo granpa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sranan Tongo | granpa | grandfather |
| 2 | English | grandpa | grandfather |
| 3 | English | PA | Initialism of public address; Initialism of... |
| 4 | English | papa | Dad, daddy, father; a familiar or old-fashioned... |
| 5 | Portuguese | papá | dad; daddy; father; food |
| 6 | French | papa | papa, a child's father; also as form of address:... |
| 7 | Middle French | papa | — |
| 8 | Old French | papa | — |
| 9 | Latin | papa | an infant's cry for food; father; bishop |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | παπᾶς | priest |
| 11 | Old Norse | súla | pillar, column |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | sūliz | beam, post; column, pillar |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱsewl- | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱsew- | to scrape, shave, sharpen |
via English Y
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Y | A figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y; A... |
| 2 | English | yuri | A narrative or visual work featuring a romance or... |
| 3 | Japanese | 百合 | lily |
| 4 | Japanese | 連用形 | an inflectional category: the continuative or... |
| 5 | Japanese | 見る | to see, to watch, to observe, to look at... |
| 6 | Japanese | 夢 | a dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state... |
| 7 | Old Japanese | 夢 | a dream |
| 8 | Japanese | 目 | an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger... |
| 9 | Middle Chinese | 目 | — |