Where does “Paillette” come from?

Paillette (German) comes from French paillette, from French -ette, from Latin -itta, from Hungarian iszik, from Proto-Uralic jëxe- — to drink; to flow?.

Paillette (German): sequin

Definitions

  1. sequin

Ancestry of “Paillette”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpaillettesequin
2French-ettefemale equivalent of -et
3Latin-itta
4Hungarianiszikto drink
5Proto-Uralicjëxe-to drink; to flow?
Every word from Proto-Uralic jëxe-
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