Where does “kaapelipaperi” come from?

kaapelipaperi (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.

kaapelipaperi (Finnish): cable paper

Definitions

  1. cable paper

Ancestry of “kaapelipaperi”, step by step

kaapelipaperi 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...
9Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
10Middle Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n
11Old Frenchused to form past participles of regular -er...
12Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
13Proto-ItalicForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
14Proto-Indo-European-éh₂

via Finnish kaapeli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaapelicable
2Swedishkabelcable
3Frenchcâblecable; first-person singular present indicative...
4Old Frenchcable
5Vulgar Latincaplum
6Latincapulumhandle; hilt; halter, lasso
7Latincapiōto take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm
8Proto-Italickapiōtake
9Proto-Italickapjōtake, seize
10Proto-Indo-Europeankh₂pyéti
11Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂p-to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂Every word from French -ineEvery word from Latin -a