Where does “Papierkorb” come from?

Papierkorb (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.

Papierkorb (German): wastepaper basket, wastebasket; trash, recycle...

Definitions

  1. wastepaper basket, wastebasket; trash, recycle...

Ancestry of “Papierkorb”, step by step

Papierkorb traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German papier

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanpapierpaper material
2Middle High Germanpapier
3Old Frenchpapierto murmur
4Old Catalanpaperpaper sheet material typically used for writing on or printing
5Latinpapȳruspapyrus plant
6French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
7Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
8Middle Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n
9Old Frenchused to form past participles of regular -er...
10Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
11Proto-ItalicForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
12Proto-Indo-European-éh₂

via German korb

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germankorbbasket, creel
2Middle High Germankorp
3Old High Germankorb
4Proto-Germanic*korb
5Latincorbisbasket; basketful
6Proto-West Germanickorbbasket
7Proto-Germanickurbaz
8Proto-Germanickrebôbasket
9Proto-Indo-Europeangerbʰ-to carve
10Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂