Where does “papirark” come from?
papirark (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål papir, from Old Norse pappir, from Middle Low German pappir, from Old French papier, from Old Catalan paper, from Latin papȳrus, from French -ine, from French -é.
papirark (Norwegian Bokmål): a sheet of paper
Definitions
- a sheet of paper
Ancestry of “papirark”, step by step
papirark traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål papir
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | papir | paper |
| 2 | Old Norse | pappir | — |
| 3 | Middle Low German | pappir | — |
| 4 | Old French | papier | to murmur |
| 5 | Old Catalan | paper | paper sheet material typically used for writing on or printing |
| 6 | Latin | papȳrus | papyrus plant |
| 7 | French | -ine | feminine singular of -in; female equivalent of... |
| 8 | French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular -er... |
| 9 | Middle French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n |
| 10 | Old French | -é | used to form past participles of regular -er... |
| 11 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |
via Norwegian Bokmål ark
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | ark | the ark; paktens ark - the Ark of the Covenant; a... |
| 2 | Old Norse | ǫrk | chest |
| 3 | Proto-Norse | ᚨᚱᚲᚢ | — |
| 4 | Latin | arca | chest, box, coffer, safe; coffin; ark |
| 5 | Latin | arceo | I shut up, enclose; box in; I keep off, ward off;... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | arkeō | to contain |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂erk- | to protect, guard, hold, lock |