Where does “Butterbrotpapier” come from?
Butterbrotpapier (German) comes from German papier, from Middle High German papier, from Old French papier, from Old Catalan paper, from Latin papȳrus, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é.
Butterbrotpapier (German): sandwich paper, wax paper
Definitions
- sandwich paper, wax paper
Ancestry of “Butterbrotpapier”, step by step
Butterbrotpapier traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German papier
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | papier | paper material |
| 2 | Middle High German | papier | — |
| 3 | Old French | papier | to murmur |
| 4 | Old Catalan | paper | paper sheet material typically used for writing on or printing |
| 5 | Latin | papȳrus | papyrus plant |
| 6 | French | -ine | feminine singular of -in; female equivalent of... |
| 7 | French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular -er... |
| 8 | Middle French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n |
| 9 | Old French | -é | used to form past participles of regular -er... |
| 10 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |
via German Butterbrot
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Butterbrot | A slice of bread topped with butter and often... |
| 2 | German | butter | inflection of buttern: ## first-person singular... |
| 3 | Middle High German | buter | butter |
| 4 | Old High German | butira | butter |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | buterā | butter |
| 6 | Latin | būtȳrum | butter |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | βούτυρον | butter |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | τυρός | cheese |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | tūrós | cheese |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | tuh₂-ró-s | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | tewh₂- | to swell; to crowd; to be strong |