Where does “mappi” come from?

mappi (Greenlandic) comes from Danish mappe, from German mappe, from Medieval Latin [[mappa]] [[mundī]], from Latin mappa — napkin; starting signal; map.

mappi (Greenlandic): folder

Definitions

  1. folder

Ancestry of “mappi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishmappefolder
2Germanmappeportfolio case; collection
3Medieval Latin[[mappa]] [[mundī]]—
4Latinmappanapkin; starting signal; map
Every word from Latin mappa →Every word from Medieval Latin [[mappa]] [[mundī]] →Every word from German mappe →