Where does “paperilokero” come from?

paperilokero (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.

paperilokero (Finnish): paper tray

Definitions

  1. paper tray

Ancestry of “paperilokero”, step by step

paperilokero 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 lokero

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlokerosmall compartment or box; pigeonhole
2Middle Low Germanlok
3Old Saxonlok
4Proto-Germanic*lok
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂Every word from French -ineEvery word from Latin -a