Where does “dopapir” come from?
dopapir (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.
dopapir (Norwegian Nynorsk): loo paper British, toilet paper
Definitions
- loo paper British, toilet paper
Ancestry of “dopapir”, step by step
dopapir traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Nynorsk papir
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | 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 Nynorsk dø
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | dø | form removed with the spelling reform of 2012;... |
| 2 | Old Norse | þó | nevertheless, still, yet |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | þauh | nevertheless, though |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -hw | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -hwe | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -kʷe | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |