Where does “paperilyhty” come from?

paperilyhty (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.

paperilyhty (Finnish): paper lantern

Definitions

  1. paper lantern

Ancestry of “paperilyhty”, step by step

paperilyhty 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 lyhty

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlyhtylantern; any plant of the genus Ceropegia; the...
2Swedishlyktaa lantern, a handheld lamp; bald face, a horse...
3Middle Low Germanluchte—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from French -ine →Every word from Latin -a →