Where does “Schmierpapier” come from?
Schmierpapier (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.
Schmierpapier (German): scratch paper
Definitions
- scratch paper
Ancestry of “Schmierpapier”, step by step
Schmierpapier 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 schmieren
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | schmieren | to smear; to butter; to grease, oil, lubricate |
| 2 | Middle High German | smirn | — |
| 3 | Middle High German | smirwen | — |
| 4 | Old High German | smirwen | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *smirwijan | to smear |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | smirwijaną | to smear, anoint |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |