Where does “mattapaperi” come from?
mattapaperi (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.
mattapaperi (Finnish): matte paper
Definitions
- matte paper
Ancestry of “mattapaperi”, step by step
mattapaperi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish paperi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | paperi | paper; document; ID |
| 2 | Old Swedish | paper | — |
| 3 | Middle Low German | papir | — |
| 4 | Middle High German | papier | — |
| 5 | Old French | papier | to murmur |
| 6 | Old Catalan | paper | paper sheet material typically used for writing on or printing |
| 7 | Latin | papȳrus | papyrus plant |
| 8 | French | -ine | feminine singular of -in; female equivalent of... |
| 9 | French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular -er... |
| 10 | Middle French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n |
| 11 | Old French | -é | used to form past participles of regular -er... |
| 12 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |
via Finnish matta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | matta | matte |
| 2 | Swedish | mått | a measure; a measure, an action |
| 3 | Old Swedish | mat | — |
| 4 | Middle Low German | mât | — |
| 5 | Old Saxon | māt | — |
| 6 | Pali | mātu | gen/dat singular of mātar; alternative stem of... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | mētō | measure; size |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | med- | to measure; to give advice; healing |