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Where does “strandpapucs” come from?

strandpapucs (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian papucs, from Ottoman Turkish پابوج, from Persian پاپوش, from Persian پا, from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎭, from Proto-Iranian pā́dah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian pā́ts, from Proto-Indo-European pṓds — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.

strandpapucs (Hungarian): flip-flop

Definitions

  1. flip-flop

Ancestry of “strandpapucs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianpapucsslipper; henpecked
2Ottoman TurkishپابوجVulgar form of پاپوش
3Persianپاپوشslipper, babouche
4Persianپاleg, foot; with
5Old Persian𐎱𐎠𐎭foot
6Proto-Iranianpā́dahfoot
7Proto-Indo-Iranianpā́tsfoot
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpṓdsfoot
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpóds—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanped-to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall
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