Where does “vessapaperirulla” come from?
vessapaperirulla (Finnish) comes from Finnish vessapaperi, 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.
vessapaperirulla (Finnish): toilet roll
Ancestry of “vessapaperirulla”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | vessapaperi | toilet paper |
| 2 | Finnish | paperi | paper; document; ID |
| 3 | Old Swedish | paper | — |
| 4 | Middle Low German | papir | — |
| 5 | Middle High German | papier | — |
| 6 | Old French | papier | to murmur |
| 7 | Old Catalan | paper | — |
| 8 | Latin | papȳrus | — |
| 9 | French | -ine | feminine singular of -in; female equivalent of... |
| 10 | French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular -er... |
| 11 | Middle French | -é | — |
| 12 | Old French | -é | used to form past participles of regular -er... |
| 13 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | -ā | — |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |