Where does “Schleifpapier” come from?

Schleifpapier (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.

Schleifpapier (German): abrasive paper

Definitions

  1. abrasive paper

Ancestry of “Schleifpapier”, step by step

Schleifpapier 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 schleifen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanschleifento grind, to whet, to move across a surface...
2Middle High Germansleifen
3Old High Germansleifento drag
4Proto-West Germanicslaipijanto pull along, to drag
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂