Where does “pappiness” come from?
pappiness (English) comes from English pappy, from English Pap, from Afrikaans pap, from Dutch pap, from Dutch papa, from French papa, from Middle French papa, from Old French papa — to scrape, shave, sharpen.
pappiness (English): Quality of being pappy
Definitions
- Quality of being pappy
Ancestry of “pappiness”, step by step
pappiness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English pappy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pappy | Like pap; soft; mushy; father; grandfather |
| 2 | English | Pap | — |
| 3 | Afrikaans | pap | porridge |
| 4 | Dutch | pap | mush; porridge; Pa, dad |
| 5 | Dutch | papa | Dad |
| 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 Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |