Where does “paperileikkuri” come from?
paperileikkuri (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.
paperileikkuri (Finnish): paper cutter, paper trimmer, paper guillotine
Definitions
- paper cutter, paper trimmer, paper guillotine
Ancestry of “paperileikkuri”, step by step
paperileikkuri 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 leikkuri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | leikkuri | cutter |
| 2 | Finnish | leikata | to cut; to incise; to mow |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | leik'at'ak | to cut |