Where does “pergamentpapīrs” come from?

pergamentpapīrs (Latvian) comes from Latvian papīrs, from Polish papier, from German papier, from Middle High German papier, from Old French papier, from Old Catalan paper, from Latin papȳrus, from French -ine.

pergamentpapīrs (Latvian): parchment paper, wax paper

Definitions

  1. parchment paper, wax paper

Ancestry of “pergamentpapīrs”, step by step

pergamentpapīrs traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latvian papīrs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianpapīrspaper; document; letters, manuscripts, notes,...
2Polishpapierpaper; document, especially diploma,...
3Germanpapierpaper material
4Middle High Germanpapier—
5Old Frenchpapierto murmur
6Old Catalanpaperpaper sheet material typically used for writing on or printing
7Latinpapȳruspapyrus plant
8French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
9French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
10Middle French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n
11Old French-éused to form past participles of regular -er...
12Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
13Proto-Italic-āForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
14Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

via Latvian pergaments

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianpergamentsparchment
2Latinpergamīna—
3Ancient GreekΠεργαμηνόςof Pergamun; of Pergamon
4Ancient Greek-ηνός-ian, -ese
5Ancient Greek-νόςAlternative form of -νος
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from French -ine →Every word from Latin -a →