Where does “légypapír” come from?
légypapír (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian papír, 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.
légypapír (Hungarian): flypaper
Definitions
- flypaper
Ancestry of “légypapír”, step by step
légypapír traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian papír
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | papír | paper |
| 2 | German | papier | paper material |
| 3 | Middle High German | papier | — |
| 4 | Old French | papier | to murmur |
| 5 | Old Catalan | paper | paper sheet material typically used for writing on or printing |
| 6 | Latin | papȳrus | papyrus plant |
| 7 | French | -ine | feminine singular of -in; female equivalent of... |
| 8 | French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular -er... |
| 9 | Middle French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n |
| 10 | Old French | -é | used to form past participles of regular -er... |
| 11 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |
via Hungarian légy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | légy | fly; second-person singular subjunctive present... |
| 2 | Hungarian | van | to be, to exist; to have; someone has something;... |
| 3 | Hungarian | kedve | third-person singular single-possession... |
| 4 | Hungarian | -é | Used to form the lative, expressing the direction... |
| 5 | Albanian | -ë | -ing, -ion |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -jā | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |