Where does “Papierschnittwunde” come from?

Papierschnittwunde (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.

Papierschnittwunde (German): papercut

Definitions

  1. papercut

Ancestry of “Papierschnittwunde”, step by step

Papierschnittwunde traces back through 3 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 schnitt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanschnittfirst/third-person singular preterite of...
2Middle High Germansnit
3Old High Germansnit
4Proto-West Germanic*snid
5Proto-Germanic*snidaza cut, slice, piece

via German Wunde

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanWundesore, wound
2Middle High Germanwunde
3Old High Germanwunta
4Proto-Germanicwundōwound
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwen-to wish for, desire, strive for, win, love; to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂
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