Where does “henkilöpaperit” come from?

henkilöpaperit (Finnish) comes from Finnish paperi, from Old Swedish paper, from Middle Low German papir, from Middle High German papier, from Old French papier, from Old Catalan paper, from Latin papȳrus, from French -ine.

henkilöpaperit (Finnish): ID, identification

Definitions

  1. ID, identification

Ancestry of “henkilöpaperit”, step by step

henkilöpaperit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish paperi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpaperipaper; document; ID
2Old Swedishpaper—
3Middle Low Germanpapir—
4Middle High Germanpapier—
5Old Frenchpapierto murmur
6Old Catalanpaperpaper sheet material typically used for writing on or printing
7Latinpapȳruspapyrus plant
8French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
9French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
10Middle French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n
11Old French-éused to form past participles of regular -er...
12Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
13Proto-Italic-āForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
14Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

via Finnish henkilö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhenkilöperson; figure
2Finnishhenkibreath; spirit, ghost; life
3Proto-Finnichenkibreath; soul, life force
4Proto-Uralicčeŋke—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from French -ine →Every word from Latin -a →