Where does “popierdėžė” come from?

popierdėžė (Lithuanian) comes from Lithuanian dėžė̃ — box rectangular container.

popierdėžė (Lithuanian): wastepaper basket

Definitions

  1. wastepaper basket

Ancestry of “popierdėžė”, step by step

popierdėžė traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lithuanian dėžė̃

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lithuaniandėžė̃box rectangular container

via Lithuanian põpierius

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lithuanianpõpieriuspaper
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