Where does “Pappendag” come from?
Pappendag (Luxembourgish) comes from Luxembourgish Papp, from French papa, from Middle French papa, from Old French papa, from Latin papa, from Ancient Greek παπᾶς, from Old Norse súla, from Proto-Germanic sūliz — to scrape, shave, sharpen.
Pappendag (Luxembourgish): Father's Day
Definitions
- Father's Day
Ancestry of “Pappendag”, step by step
Pappendag traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Luxembourgish Papp
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luxembourgish | Papp | father |
| 2 | French | papa | papa, a child's father; also as form of address:... |
| 3 | Middle French | papa | — |
| 4 | Old French | papa | — |
| 5 | Latin | papa | an infant's cry for food; father; bishop |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | παπᾶς | priest |
| 7 | Old Norse | súla | pillar, column |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | sūliz | beam, post; column, pillar |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱsewl- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱsew- | to scrape, shave, sharpen |