Where does “avispapir” come from?

avispapir (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk 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.

avispapir (Norwegian Nynorsk): newsprint

Definitions

  1. newsprint

Ancestry of “avispapir”, step by step

avispapir traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Nynorsk papir

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskpapirpaper
2Old Norsepappir
3Middle Low Germanpappir
4Old Frenchpapierto murmur
5Old Catalanpaperpaper sheet material typically used for writing on or printing
6Latinpapȳruspapyrus plant
7French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
8Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
9Middle Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n
10Old Frenchused to form past participles of regular -er...
11Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
12Proto-ItalicForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
13Proto-Indo-European-éh₂

via Norwegian Nynorsk avis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskavisa newspaper
2Frenchavisopinion; piece of advice; notice
3Middle Frenchadvisopinion
4Dutchadviesadvice
5Middle Dutchavijs
6Old Frenchavisopinion
7Old Frenchato; towards; belonging to
8LatinA
9Etruscan𐌀and, also
10Ancient Greekᾱ̔
11Phoenician𐤀ox; aleph; alef
12Egyptian𓃾
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂Every word from French -ineEvery word from Latin -a