Where does “papka” come from?
papka (Ingrian) comes from Russian па́пка, from Russian па́па, from French papa, from Middle French papa, from Old French papa, from Latin papa, from Ancient Greek παπᾶς, from Old Norse súla — to scrape, shave, sharpen.
papka (Ingrian): cardboard
Definitions
- cardboard
Ancestry of “papka”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | па́пка | daddy |
| 2 | Russian | па́па | daddy; dad; pope |
| 3 | French | papa | papa, a child's father; also as form of address:... |
| 4 | Middle French | papa | — |
| 5 | Old French | papa | — |
| 6 | Latin | papa | an infant's cry for food; father; bishop |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | παπᾶς | priest |
| 8 | Old Norse | súla | pillar, column |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | sūliz | beam, post; column, pillar |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱsewl- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱsew- | to scrape, shave, sharpen |