Where does “toalettipaperi” come from?
toalettipaperi (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.
toalettipaperi (Finnish): toilet paper, bathroom tissue
Definitions
- toilet paper, bathroom tissue
Ancestry of “toalettipaperi”, step by step
toalettipaperi 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 toaletti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | toaletti | toilet, water closet |
| 2 | Swedish | toalett | toilet; bathroom, a room containing a toilet, but... |
| 3 | French | toilette | toilet; the toilet, lavatory |
| 4 | French | Toile | Web; World Wide Web |
| 5 | Old French | toile | fabric; web |
| 6 | Old French | teile | Alternative form of toile |
| 7 | Latin | tēla | web |
| 8 | Old Dutch | tegela | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | *tigulā | — |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | tigulǭ | tile; brick |
| 11 | Latin | tēgula | a large, flat and heavy roof tile used in an overlapping formation with the curved and smaller imbrex |
| 12 | Latin | tegō | to cover; to clothe |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | tegō | cover |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)teg- | to cover; pole, stick, beam |