Where does “papír zsebkendő” come from?
papír zsebkendő (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.
papír zsebkendő (Hungarian): tissue, kleenex used as a handkerchief
Definitions
- tissue, kleenex used as a handkerchief
Ancestry of “papír zsebkendő”, step by step
papír zsebkendő 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 zsebkendő
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | zsebkendő | handkerchief |
| 2 | Hungarian | zseb | |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | جیب | |
| 4 | Classical Persian | جیب | — |
| 5 | Arabic | جَيْب | pocket; opening in a garment; pocket; bosom, fold... |
| 6 | Sanskrit | ज्या | bow-string, tendon; sine |
| 7 | Sanskrit | जीव | alive, living; life, existence; any living being,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | ȷ́iHwás | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ǰiHwás | alive |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷih₃wós | alive, living |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷeih₃w- | to live |